Cancer link prompts new call for bisphenol A ban

AP-Food: "A UK scientist has called for the banning of bisphenol A after claiming new research has shown “growing evidence” that the chemical is a human carcinogen.
Professor Ana Soto, from the University of Ulster, said the substance should be outlawed after examining the role foetal exposure to BPA has played in the development of mammary cancer in rats and humans in later life.

The study, conducted with Professor Carlos Sonnenschein from Tufts University, Boston, USA, shows foetal and neonatal exposure to the chemical increases the likelihood of development of malignant tumours later in life, said the academic who is Professor of Cancer Development at Ulster and a professor of Cell Biology at Tufts."