Mass Sierra Club Newsd: "Governor Deval Patrick has asked state health officials to look into placing a limited ban on bisphenol A, a chemical found in food and drink containers that the state last summer warned parents of young children to avoid.
“We are taking this action as a precaution to protect vulnerable children in the light of evidence about potential dangers of BPA,’’ Patrick said in a statement yesterday.
BPA is used in a wide variety of products, including certain plastic bottles, children’s sipping cups, and the lining of canned food containers. Children and adults can ingest tiny amounts of the chemical when they drink or eat from the containers, and studies of laboratory animals have suggested BPA could cause developmental problems for children if they are exposed to small quantities early in life.
The governor directed the state Department of Public Health to prepare draft regulations for the May meeting of the Public Health Council, but he did not specify which BPA-containing products to consider banning.
“Between now and May we will be looking at the different possibilities for the regulation,’’ DPH Commissioner John Auerbach said in an interview. “The governor had indicated to us that we should be certain that we include baby bottles and sippy cups.’’"
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