ApocaDocs: FDA says controversial plastic chemical BPA no longer allowed in baby bottles and sippy cups

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Posted Tue Jul 17 2012: from Associated Press:


	FDA says controversial plastic chemical BPA no longer allowed in baby bottles and sippy cups http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1342552733 The federal government announced Tuesday that baby bottles and sippy cups can no longer contain the chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA. The U.S. chemical industry's chief association, the American Chemistry Council, had asked the Food and Drug Administration to phase out rules allowing BPA in those products in October, after determining that all manufacturers of bottles and sippy cups had already abandoned the chemical due to safety concerns.... BPA is found in hundreds of plastic items from water bottles to CDs to dental sealants. Some researchers say ingesting the chemical can interfere with development of the reproductive and nervous systems in babies and young children.

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