FDA Draft Report: No Risk From BPA In Food Containers

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Washington Post

A controversial chemical commonly found in can linings, baby bottles and other household products does not pose a health hazard when used in food containers, according to a draft assessment released by the Food and Drug Administration yesterday.

The report stands in contrast to more than 100 studies performed by government scientists and university laboratories that have found health concerns associated with bisphenol A (BPA). Some studies have linked the chemical to prostate and breast cancers, diabetes, behavioral disorders such as hyperactivity and reproductive problems in laboratory animals.

Exposure to the small amounts of BPA that migrate from the containers into the food they hold are not dangerous to infants or adults, the draft said.

"FDA has concluded that an adequate margin of safety exists for BPA at current levels of exposure from food contact uses," regulators wrote in the draft report, which will be reviewed Sept. 16 at a meeting of members of an FDA advisory committee studying the safety of the chemical.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081503174.html?hpid=topnews

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I think I'll stick with the BPA free bottles!

[smiley_glad_hands]

1. You mean the FDA still has credibility?

I'll be sticking with the BPA free bottles too.

[ikojo]

2. This report funded in part by a grant from the plastics

council.

Like I even remotely trust the Bush FDA

[MadMaddie]

3. Anything that comes out of any * government organization

believe the exact opposite!! always.....

[mhatrw]

4. I want to say one word to you. Just one word.

Bullshit.