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Bisphenol A
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This website is a comprehensive resource for environmental, health and safety information about bisphenol A (BPA). Bisphenol A is an industrial chemical used primarily to make polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins – both of which are used in countless applications that make our lives easier, healthier and safer, each and every day.

On this site you’ll find the latest information about bisphenol A and a wealth of scientific data and resources to answer most any question you might have.

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What's New
  Here is the latest news on bisphenol A.
   
  Safety of Food-Contact Products Containing Bisphenol A Reaffirmed by the US Food and Drug Administration - August 20, 2008
   
  European Food Safety Authority Reaffirms Safety of Bisphenol A in Food Contact Products - July 30, 2008
   
  Are the Myths About Polycarbonate Bottles True? New Information Supports the Safe Use of Polycarbonate Bottles - February 5, 2008
   
  Polycarbonate Bottles Are Still Safe For Use – In Spite of the Latest Scare Story - January 31, 2008
   
  New Data from CDC Confirms Human Exposure to Bisphenol A in the United States is Far Below Safe Limits - November 1, 2007
   
  Sound Science Prevails in Review of Bisphenol A - August 8, 2007
   
 

Public Health Best Served by Open, Transparent Scientific Evaluations - August 2, 2007

   
  City of San Francisco Repeals Ban on Bisphenol A in Children’s Products - May 29, 2007
   
 

European Food Safety Authority Increases Tolerable Daily Intake for Bisphenol A – Strong Support for Conclusion that Bisphenol A is Not a Risk to Human Health - February 1, 2007

   
 

Scientific Assessment of Bisphenol A in Canada Coming Up in 2007 - December 19, 2006

   
 

Low Risk to Human Reproductive and Developmental Health from Low Doses of Bisphenol A Confirmed by New Weight-of-Evidence Evaluation - June 19, 2006

   
 

Does San Francisco Know Something the Rest of the World Doesn’t? In a Word — No - June 19, 2006

   
 

Greenpeace Ignores Their Own Advice to Look at the Evidence: Setting the Record Straight on Bisphenol A - May 12, 2006

   
 

Are Polycarbonate Bottles Safe for Use? New Information on an Old Scare Story - May 5, 2006

   
 

Legislation to Ban Children's Products Defeated in California, Maryland and Minnesota - April 12, 2006

   
 

Comprehensive Japanese Risk Assessment on Bisphenol A Confirms No Risk to Human Health or Environment - March 20, 2006

   
 

German Biomonitoring Data Confirms Very Low Human Exposure
to Bisphenol A Around the World - September 26, 2005

   
 

Biomonitoring Studies Confirm Human Exposure to Bisphenol A is Very Low - Low Exposure Supports Low Risk to Human Health - May 4, 2005

   
   
   
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