Just weeks after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected a petition to ban the much-debated chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from food and beverage packaging, the government of Sweden banned the use of (BPA) in packaging for food intended for children under the age ...More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today rejected the Natural Resources Defense Council's petition to ban the much-debated chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from food and beverage packaging. FDA said NRDC did not present compelling scientific evidence to impose new ...More
As the industry awaits the March 31, 2012, deadline for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make its final ruling on whether bisphenol A (BPA) should be banned from use in packaging for food and drinks, a report released last month by USDA’s Foreign Agriculture ...More
Healthy people who have higher urine concentrations of bisphenol A (BPA) are have a higher risk of developing heart disease, according to a new study published online in the journal Circulation. ...More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will make a final ruling by March 31, 2012, on whether bisphenol A (BPA) should be banned from use in packaging for food and drinks. ...More
A new study examining the association of bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations and adverse health effects has found individuals who eat canned soup on a regular basis have a 1,000% increase in urinary BPA concentrations compared to those who consume fresh soup. ...More
Exposure to the industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) before birth may lead to behavior and emotional problems in preschoolers, particularly girls, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics. The findings add more fire to the already hot debate about ...More
Low doses of bisphenol A (BPA) do not cause developmental changes in test animals, according to results of a new study conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ...More
New research carried out at the Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine found while there is an association between the highest urinary levels of bisphenol A and diabetes, there is no clear link between BPA and diabetes at lower levels, according to a new study ...More
A recent study comparing bisphenol A (BPA) levels in Canadians and Americans showed that BPA levels in Canadians are approximately half of those in Americans. ...More
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