FDA Rejects BPA Ban

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The FDA has reportedly denied a petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to ban the plasticizing agent bisphenol A (BPA) from food packaging.

According to an Associated Press report, the agency found that the NRDC didn't provide enough scientific evidence to justify a complete ban of the chemical, which ignited public concern in 2008 after being found in baby bottles, soup cans, and other food items.

The FDA has not yet posted the decision on its website and did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation.

The decision springs from a lawsuit NRDC filed in June 2010 after the FDA didn't respond to its initial petition 18 months earlier, which called for the agency to keep the chemical out of food packaging products.

In 2008, FDA initially dismissed concerns about BPA in consumer products, but subsequently took heat from congressional leaders and its own scientific board for the decision.

Two year later, the agency reversed course and promised a major research effort to pin down any potential health risks.

Read more: http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/PublicHealth/31953?utm_source=breaking-news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-news

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Like pink slime its safe folks.......

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