Bisphenol A Resource Center

Current BPA News

• Bisphenol-A safety ignites controversy
• Consumer Reports tests baby bottles (TriCities)
• Regulator confirms safety of BPA
• Wal-Mart, Toys R Us to Remove Products With BPA (redOrbit)
• It's Not the Answers That Are Biased, It's the Questions (Washington Post)
• NTP brief on BPA receives mixed peer review (ACS Publications)
• No risk to consumers from Bisphenol A, says ECB (DairyReporter)
• Proposed Congressional Bill Re: BPA
• California Heads Toward BPA Ban
• Are BPA plastic's claims shatterproof? (LA Times)
• Why Journalism is Failing the Public on the Risk from Plastics (STATS)
• Speeding Up Safety (The Washington Post)
• Wal-Mart Raises Bar on Toy-Safety Standards (The Wall Street Journal)
• Studies on Chemical in Plastics Questioned (Washington Post)
• FDA takes a look at BPA (Washington Post)
• Senators Propose Ban on Chemical in Plastics (Washington Post)
• Momentum Builds Against Bisphenol A (Chemical and Engineering News)
• New Univ. of Utah Study Explores Plastic Container Chemical Dangers (Salt Lake City ABC News)
• Bisphenol A: Toxic Plastics Chemical in Canned Food
• Canada bans BPA plastic from baby bottles
• Popular form of plastic comes under fire
• Wal-Mart to Pull Bottles Made With Chemical BPA (Washington Post)
• Canada Takes Steps to Ban Most Plastic Baby Bottles (New York Times)
• Bottle Maker to Stop Using Plastic Linked to Health Concerns (New York Times)
• A Hard Plastic Is Raising Hard Questions (New York Times)
• Steps You Can Take to Limit Exposure (Washington Post)
• CSPI Says Parents May Want to Avoid BPA-lined Cans and Reusable Plastic Water Bottles (Center for Science in the Public Interest)

Bisphenol A Studies

• Human Exposure to BPA - BPA Conf Study 2006
• National Toxicology Assoc on BPA
• NTP Expert Panel Report on BPA

FAQ's and Handouts

• FDA Statement
• Smart Plastics FAQs
• Smart Plastics Guide
• BPA in Cans and Plastics
• FAQ from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• BISPHENOL A FAQs (Canada)
• Plastic Identification Codes
• BPA Fact Sheet (Canada)
• Plastics Europe BPA Statement