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Huff Post: FDA 'Wrong' Not to Ban BPA, Health Advocates Say

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Bisphenol A

Huffington Post, Lynne Peeples
Published April 2, 2012

"Ludicrous." "Bogus." "Illogical."

Scientists and public health advocates expressed frustration on Friday as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it will continue to allow the chemical bisphenol-A in food and beverage containers.

The decision denied a request from the Natural Resources Defense Council to ban some uses of BPA -- such as in plastic food packaging and coated metal cans -- that may introduce the hormone-scrambling substance into Americans' diet.

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