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Article: Independent California Regulatory Panel Concludes BPA Not Toxic.
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- Food Weekly News
- Article date:
- July 30, 2009
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The North American Metal Packaging Alliance, Inc. (NAMPA) welcomes the California Developmental and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee's July 15, 2009 conclusion that bisphenol A (BPA) is not a developmental or reproductive toxicant. This conclusion served as the basis for the panel's unanimous vote not to include BPA on the listing under Proposition 65 (Prop 65).
"We can now add California to the growing list of agencies that have concluded that BPA does not pose a risk to the general public," said Dr. John M. Rost, NAMPA Chairman. "It's important to note that when politics and media interference are taken out of the process, and safety decisions are ...