WASHINGTON — In response to a report by the National Workgroup for Safe Markets, an environmental health coalition, demonstrating high levels of bisphenol A in canned foods, the Grocery Manufacturers ...

Following what it calls a “detailed and comprehensive review of recent scientific literature and studies,” the European Food Safety Authority has again found no reason to revise safety standards for ...

Deciding to act on what are still inconclusive indications the chemical might have an affect on child development, regulatory agencies and, subsequently, consumer products companies moved against ...

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial chemical used in many everyday household items. Since 2011, the European Union has banned its use in baby bottles and food and drink containers for children under ...

Maybe the journalism consensus has it wrong. A few weeks ago, a story flashed across my computer screen about bisphenol A, the plastic additive better known by its initialism BPA. European food safety ...

WASHINGTON — BPA, a chemical used in food containers, is so widespread that most people have traces of it in their bodies. But health officials can't decide if that's a problem, or something we all ...

“BPA-free” food packaging may be hiding new risks. A McGill University study found that several BPA substitutes used in grocery price labels can seep into food and interfere with vital processes in ...

Scientists are expressing concerns about the safety of food packaging that is labelled as BPA-free. They suggest that some of the chemicals used as substitutes might also be harmful. New research from ...

New parents understandably want to shield their babies from potentially harmful chemicals. After all, a baby’s tiny body is particularly vulnerable to risk from chemicals such as bisphenol A (BPA), ...