Author: Lisa Frack
Website: http://www.enviroblog.org/2009/07/ca-bpa-ban-needed-now-more…
By Lisa Frack, EWG Online Organizer
Just when we were cheering Oregon’s progress, we watched California take a step backward.
Why? Because yesterday a state panel in California decided not to declare exposure to the plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) toxic to the developing fetus and child, despite mounting scientific evidence of health risks. Not a surprising decision given this panel’s rather undistinguished record protecting public health.
CA decision out of step
Wednesday’s decision is at odds with the positions of the federal government’s National Toxicology Program and the federal Food and Drug Administration’s advisory Science Board. It also doesn’t follow the strong case presented in the hearing by state scientists and many others for listing BPA as a danger to human health. They cited dozens of research studies finding that BPA impairs normal development of male and female reproductive systems.
Bill Allayaud, EWG’s Director of Government Affairs in California, …
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