Health Groups Call for “Moratorium” on the use of BPA
Published: 14 February 2008
Category: Bisphenol A (BPA), Packaging CONCERNS
“TIME” reports a “consortium of North American environmental and health groups released a paper Thursday showing that many major-brand baby bottles leach bisphenol A, and is now calling for a moratorium on the use of the compound — used to make polycarbonate plastic — in food and beverage containers.” According to the article, researchers tested 19 baby bottles purchased in nine U.S. states and Canada, and found when the bottles were heated to 175 degrees F, “every one of them leached bisphenol A at about 5 to 7 parts per billion.”