Category: Issue 379
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New Legislation Would Prohibit Use of BPA in Food Containers
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Representative Edward Markey (D-Mass.) have introduced bills (S. 136; H.R. 432) that would ban the use of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in food containers such as baby and water bottles, sippy cups and those used for canned foods and infant formula. Markey notes in a statement that he “led…