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Government Safety Assessments

  • The FDA and BPA: What does the science say?

    In the past few years, the FDA has made a concerted effort to review new research on BPA to provide evidence-based recommendations to the public, including answers to common questions, which can be found on “FDA Answers Key Questions about BPA Safety” or its “… Read More

  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

    EPA released its bisphenol A (BPA) Action Plan in March 2010. Importantly, the agency clearly indicated that it “does not intend to initiate regulatory action under TSCA at this time on the basis of human health.”  EPA has not taken further action.  To read more about what EPA’s BPA Action… Read More

Independent Safety Assessments

  • World Health Organization

    In November 2010, an international panel of more than 30 experts organized by the WHO released a report summarizing its views on BPA after reviewing the latest scientific evidence. Based on the expert report, WHO stated that the circulating levels of BPA in the human body are very low, indicating… Read More

  • Gradient Corporation

    In October 2008, an expert scientific panel, convened by Gradient Corporation, published the results of its weight-of-the-evidence evaluation of low-dose reproductive and developmental effects of BPA. Based on its review of scientific literature available through July 2008, the panel concluded: “The weight of evidence does not support the hypothesis that… Read More