This summer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), though consumer concern had already prompted many companies to drop BPA from both food and beverage containers. BPA was a standard component in the plastics that made up baby bottles and sippy cups. Studies suggest that repeated exposure to BPA, a chemical with hormone-like properties, can negatively affect infants and young children in their brain development, behavior and in the formation of the prostate gland in fetuses. <\/p>\n
BPA has been phased out so thoroughly that the American Chemistry Council (ACC) filed a petition in 2011 calling for an end “approval” by the FDA for BPA, as they feel it is a nonissue. While consumer advocates applaud the FDA’s ban on BPA, there has been concern that it has not been banned in food packaging across the board.<\/p>\n
According to Sara Janssen, senior scientist for the National Resource (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This summer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), though consumer concern had already prompted many companies to drop BPA from both food and beverage containers. BPA was a standard component in the plastics…<\/span><\/p>\n