STATS: Don’t worry about BPA in cans, says top European scientist

STATS: "As scientific criticism mounts, Consumer Reports refuses to release details of how its BPA study was done or the name of the outside lab it used.

When Wolfgang Dekant saw the Consumer Reports study on BPA exposure and heard that the magazine was advising people to avoid food from cans, he was incredulous. None of the magazine’s claims were supported by international risk assessments of the chemical – including the one he co-authored for the European Union.

Dr. Dekant, who is Professor of Toxicology at the University of Wurzburg, told STATS by email that there is no need for people to stop eating food from cans. He added that Consumer Reports’ account of the scientific research on BPA was “highly biased.”

The amount of BPA likely to be ingested from canned food is well below the safety limits set by the European Union, he said."