A new study adds to the list of potetially harful effects of Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used widely in plastics for consumer goods. The plastic is used in food containers and baby bottles, and is known to leach out of the plastics over time. Most people have some level of BPA [...]

After decades of claiming the widely used chemical bisphenol A (BPA) was safe to use n food packaging, companies that use the have begun to back away from the BPA. Now, after companies using bisphenol A (BPA) and a manufacturer took actions to reduce the use of BPA, for fear it is not safe, [...]

Will agency finally admit the chemical is a health risk.
In a stunning reversal, the an advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) admitted that the agency was wrong in August when it said that bisphenol A (BPA) is not a health risk. BPA is a chemical used widely in plastic [...]

A research team from the Peninsula Medical School, the University of Exeter, the University of Plymouth and the University of Iowa, have found evidence linking bisphenol A (BPA) to diabetes and heart disease in adults
The study, the first to link higher BPA levels and disease in adults, is published in the Journal of the American [...]