The German arm of BUND, a major environmental group, said BPA traces detected in drinks containers made by major players such as Becks, Fanta and Sprite were within current safety limits and unlikely to pose an independent health risk. However, the group called for the banning of the chemical in food contact materials on the grounds […]

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Trust the French. They do seem to have a penchant for doing their own thing or being different for the sake of being different. That probably is a quality the chemical industry can exploit. In an update to its position on bisphenol A (BPA) last week, the French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA) said it did not accept […]

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Some kind of resolution may be thought to exist since the FDA finally produced a somewhat anti-BPA finding from its review of the chemical. It is anti-BPA right? Well, at least on the surface it would appear so. Kind of. After a presumably extensive review of recent research findings — it certainly took long enough […]

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High levels of workplace exposure to Bisphenol-A may increase the risk of reduced sexual function in men, according to a Kaiser Permanente study appearing in the journal Human Reproduction, published by Oxford Journals. The five-year study examined 634 workers in factories in China, comparing workers in BPA manufacturing facilities with a control group of workers […]

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