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FDA Ignored Evidence in Plastics Ruling

A scientific advisory panel has concluded that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ignored scientific evidence and used flawed methods when determining that a chemical used in baby bottles and in the lining of cans does not pose a health hazard.

The report was released last week and is highly critical.  The panel, which consisted of scientists from government and academia, stated that the FDA did not include numerous studies that have linked bisphenol A (BPA) to prostrate cancer, diabetes and other health complications in animals when it drafted its risk assessment of the chemical last month.  The panel believes that the FDA did not use a sufficient amount of infant formula samples and did not consider variations in the samples.

The panel is part of the Science Board, which is an advisory committee to the FDA commissioner.  Its specific purpose is to review the FDA’s risk assessment of BPA.

According to the panel’s findings, when the studies are taken into consideration, the FDA’s margin of safety is “inadequate.”  It has been recommended that the FDA redo its risk assessment of this chemical. 

The National Toxicology Program reviewed many of the studies that the FDA ignored and said that it had some concern that BPA can have a negative impact on brain and behavioral development in infants and small children.  The FDA regulates the use of BPA in plastic food containers, bottles, tableware and linings of food cans.  FDA officials would not comment last week.

BPA, which is used to harden plastic, has become the subject of heated debate.  Many experts feel that BPA should be banned, especially in baby bottles and cans of liquid formula.  Infants are more vulnerable to the health effects of many chemicals.  The American Chemistry Council, which is a trade group that represents manufacturers of BPA, said that its members are willing to comply with whatever the FDA decides.

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