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Congress Threatens FDA With Subpoenas on Approval of Baby Formula Contaminant
Late yesterday the two top investigators from the House Committee with oversight of FDA threatened subpoenas if information detailing FDA's decision allowing the toxic chemical BPA in infant formula...
FDA Cites Discredited Industry Science in Justifying High Levels of Contaminants in Infant Formula
In response to a congressional inquiry, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) admitted that it based its determination that current levels of BPA exposure pose no health risks on two studies...
Congressional Demands Follow on Heels of EWG Study Showing Widespread Use of the Toxic Chemical BPA in Formula Cans
Following an analysis by Environmental Working Group (EWG) that found that all infant formula manufacturers in the U.S. are using the toxic chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) in their formula containers...
BPA Levels in Canned Infant Formula Poses Higher Risk Than Baby Bottles
Many new parents are aware that the toxic chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) leaches from plastic baby bottles found on the shelves of stores across America. But a new investigation by EWG reveals that BPA is...
U.S. Health Panel Ignores Science on Food-Packaging Chemical
Environmental Working Group (EWG) Senior Scientist Dr. Anila Jacob, MD, MPH, issued the following statement in response to the decision by a government sponsored panel to largely ignore wide ranging...
Federal Panel’s Report on Food Contaminant Flunks Basic Science
The National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) is assessing the health risks of the compound BPA, a toxic ingredient in plastics that...
Expert Panel Warns of Health Risks from BPA
The Chapel Hill consensus statement on BPA released today underscores, by way of contrast, how hopeless and corrupt the ongoing review of BPA by the NIH Center for The Evaluation of Risks to Human...
Chemical Industry Consultant Runs Federal Reproductive Health Agency
A federal agency that evaluates the causes of birth defects and other reproductive problems is run by a consulting firm with ties to companies that make chemicals the agency is charged with reviewing...
U.S. Scientists Find BPA in Canned Foods
Washington, D.C. -- A new study by the federal Food and Drug Administration has found canned green beans contaminated with as much as 730 parts per billion of bisphenol A, a synthetic hormone and...