Category: Issue 433
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Bisphenol A in the Spotlight: FDA Refuses to Prohibit Use of BPA in Food Packaging
First synthesized by a Russian chemist in 1891 and deemed safe by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1976 when grandfathered in along with 62,000 other chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act, bisphenol A (BPA) was today confirmed for continued use in food packaging materials by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to news…