Once again, the federal agency charged with protecting the public
from tainted food has ignored a mountain of scientific research and
decided to allow a toxic chemical to remain in food packaging.
The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today it
would not take immediate steps to bar bisphenol-A, or BPA, a synthetic
estrogen and plastics component, in canned food and liquid infant
formula containers.
“The next decision the FDA should make is to remove ‘responsible for
protecting the public health’ from its mission statement,” said Jane
Houlihan, senior vice president for Research of the Environmental
Working Group. “It’s false advertising. Allowing a chemical as toxic as
BPA, and linked to so many serious health problems, to remain in food
means the agency has veered dangerously off course.”
