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Panel Says BPA Risk Underestimated

by Rajashri on October 30, 2008 at 2:50 PM General Health News

An independent panel has suggested that US regulators underestimated health risks from bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical widely used in baby bottles and food containers.

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A scientific advisory board impaneled by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review the agency's procedures for assessing the risk from the chemical found that federal regulators used a flawed methodology and failed to heed numerous reports linking the substance to a range of serious ailments, including prostate cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

Officials at FDA, which regulates the chemical's use in containers and foodware, acknowledged the criticism.

"FDA agrees that due to the uncertainties raised in some studies relating to the potential effects of low doses of bisphenol-A, that additional research would be valuable," the agency said in a statement Wednesday.

"We will carefully evaluate the findings of these studies," the agency said.

The panel accused the FDA of ignoring the results of studies done on animals showing that small doses of BPA could provoke changes during development in the brain, prostate glands and at puberty for females.

Some scientist called for banning the chemical altogether.

"The current levels of exposure are not safe," said Sarah Janssen, a reproductive biologist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental advocacy group.

"We should get rid of it in food containers."

BPA is used in the lining of metal and in plastic food container and baby bottles.

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