Is BPA safe?
BPA has been widely studied and used by people around the world for decades. Regulatory agencies around the world, many with specific responsibility for evaluating the safety of materials used in food contact applications, have determined that BPA is safe as it is currently used in these applications.
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- BPA Questions & Answers
- Human Safety
- Agencies have found that BPA is safe for use in many applications, including as the key component in polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, both used in food storage containers and cans.
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (August 2008, February 2009, January 2010)
- European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (January 2007, July 2008, October 2008)
- European Union (EU) (June 2008)
- Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (February 2009)
- French Food Safety Authority (November 2008)
- Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (November 2008)
- Danish Environmental Protection Agency (October 2008)
- German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (September 2008, October 2009)
- Health Canada (October 2008)
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) (March 2009)
- Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (NIAIST) (November 2005)
- Environmental Safety
- BPA is readily biodegradable – it breaks down rapidly and does not linger in the environment.
- Expert Assessments
- Since BPA is so widely used, it has long been the subject of extensive study and review by experts around the world.
Regulatory agencies that have ruled on the safety of BPA include: