International coalition of scientists calls for bisphenol A ban

Foodpackagingdaily: "An international group of eminent scientist has today called for the banning of bisphenol A (BPA) in food and packaging for children on precautionary grounds.
The coalition of eight experts from the UK, Italy, and the United States backed increasingly widespread demands to outlaw the chemical and use less dangerous replacements. The move is the latest evidence of growing momentum in Europe over the past six months for calls to ban the chemical. Prior to this, major campaigns against BPA were mainly being waged in North America.

“To protect vulnerable populations, we believe it would be both prudent and precautionary in public health terms if products containing BPA used for baby and children's food and liquid packaging in the UK were withdrawn,” said the scientists in a letter to the UK newspaper, the Independent. “BPA should be replaced by less hazardous substances.”

Food contact materials containing the substance should carry warning labels, they added.

But the UK Food Standard Agency said that best scientific evidence available showed that current exposure to BPA did not pose a health risk to consumers."