FDA To Decide By March 31 Whether BPA Should Be Banned In Food Packaging

BPA, an industrial chemical so ubiquitous it has been found in the urine of 93 percent of Americans, according to the Endocrine-Related Cancer Journal, mimics the female hormone estrogen. In studies, it has been linked to reproductive problems, prostate and other cancers, and problems in fetal brain development. The FDA has said it will decide by March 31 whether BPA should be banned from all U.S. food and beverage packaging.

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Comments

[rikadarling]

08:55 PM on 03/05/2012

I certainly hope it's banned. I'd love to see the FDA do something for the public good instead of the good of some corporations bottom line.

[victorzeller]

01:50 PM on 03/05/2012

Nice to see the FDA finally getting around to doing something useful.

[yurday6]

01:28 PM on 03/05/2012

I hope it is banned, it has been linked to diabetes, cancer and heart disease. It is already banned in most European nations. It is also linked to obesity.

[Indra]

12:22 PM on 03/05/2012

So what are the effects of estrogen on men --the symptoms ---the results?

[victorzeller]

01:51 PM on 03/05/2012

Makes you 'feel like a woman'.

[Benjo333]

02:32 PM on 03/05/2012

Have you heard of prostate cancer?