The committee of experts advising the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) commissioner released a report that says the FDA is wrong about the safety of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical compound used throughout the bottle-manufacturing industry.  Plastic baby bottles…

There’s been a lot of media attention lately placed on the safety, or non-safety, of ingesting foods and beverages packaged in polycarbonate containers made from the chemical bisphenol A (BPA). BPA is most often found in baby bottles and water…

Officials for the Canadian health and environmental ministries announced on Friday that the polycarbonate BPA (bisphenol-a) has been officially declared toxic and it is likely that a complete ban on manufacture of BPA-containing baby bottles will be introduced within a…

Nalgene Outdoor Products, the Rochester, New York, company that manufactures the popular water bottles and baby bottles characterized by hard, clear plastic that is almost impossible to break has announced that they will no longer be manufacturing these items. Recent…

The chemical Bisphenol A (BPA), widely used to make plastic packaging products, has just been declared toxic enough to be linked to a host of severe developmental and reproductive disorders common all across the United States.  Breast and prostate cancers…

Environmental health group is calling for an immediate ban on bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and other plastic food containers. BPA is a synthetic hormone, similar in action to estrogen. It is commonly used to make hard plastic bottles…