FDA finds BPA OK
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In a draft report recently issued, the Federal Drug Administration has concluded that Bisphenol A is safe --at least when used in food containers. Commonly known as BPA to consumers, the chemical can be found in all sorts of children's products as well as cars, plastic food containers and lining aluminum cans.
This most recent study was one of two funded by the industry itself. Gee, of course any study funded by the industry that stands to make money off it is going to come out with data supporting a chemical's safety. There rationale is that people are exposed to so little of it that it won't do them harm. In other studies BPA has been found in 93% of testees' urine and has been known to cause cancer and behavioral disorders in lab animals. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) supports the findings as well.
Opponents of the decision say the study agencies don't have enough data to support their findings that BPA is safe. The country of Canada has banned the use of BPA and products containing the chemical, and national retail chain giants Wal-Mart and Toys R Us are set to remove all children's merchandise containing the chemical from their shelves as of January 2009.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mihir 8-18-2008 @ 10:28AM
gee! i know! god forbid an industry actually try to regulate itself with regards to product safety. It's not like they did the study themselves. they paid to have a third party do it. who else would have paid to do the study? government? please. they have enough of a deficit as it is. the people who believe it's dangerous? doubtful. they'd rather see the chemical banned just to appease their egos. by your rationale, no study would be considered valid unless paid for by a completely uninterested party. then again, why would an uniterested party even bother paying?
study shows nuclear energy to be safe? well...it was paid for by those pro-nuclear people so it can't be true.
study shows pollution rising? well...it was paid for by those wackos at the Sierra Club, so it can't be true.
come on people, go and actually read the study. besides, even the EPA gave it's blessing to this chemical.
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Kam Wilson 9-21-2008 @ 1:20PM
Wow...now that's cute. An industry funded study finds that their plastics are ok. I think I'll stick with my glass baby bottles, thank you. They work just as well and maybe work even better considering that SO many babies were raised with glass bottles :)
Kama from over at http://www.raisinglakota.com
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Whalen 10-05-2008 @ 1:36AM
Wow great information. Here's more on the FDA's announcement: http://titanwaterbottle.com/blog/
More reading on BPA exposure
http://knol.google.com/k/billy-fingers/bisphenol-a-bpa-what-it-is-where-its/2plpskfyc9o9n/2#
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