Health EU plays down bisphenol-A

Environmental Protection Association Global 2000: European Authority Reduced Risk of Mass Chemical Bisphenol A Again.

Close your eyes, listen: EFSA ignores scientific facts in favor of economic interests. Yesterday, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published its July overdue report on the safety of Bisphenol A (BPA). Despite numerous studies demonstrating the risks of BPA, EFSA maintains its industry-friendly stance that BPA poses no threat to human health. "EFSA is once again failing its mission to protect the health of Europeans," outrages Daniela Hoffmann, chemistry expert from GLOBAL 2000. Numerous studies have shown that BPA, even in very small doses, acts like a hormone in the human body and can cause considerable damage. Scientists and physicians have repeatedly called for a stricter approach to BPA. "EFSA is again unabashedly bowing to the economic interests behind unrestricted use of bisphenol A," Hoffmann continued.

Last year, after GLOBAL 2000 detected BPA in pacifiers and other children's products, Minister of Health Stöger announced a national ban on BPA in child-related products last week. Theoretically, there is still the possibility that the European Health Commissioner bans BPA at least for particularly vulnerable groups such as children and pregnant women. "However, this is very unlikely, so the Austrian Ministry of Health must implement a BPA ban on children's products," said Hoffmann.

BPA is found in many everyday products. It can be detected in the blood, urine and tissues of almost all people regardless of nationality or age. Hundreds of studies in a variety of mammals, as well as studies in humans suggest that BPA is responsible for many serious health problems, such as infertility, cardiovascular disease, developmental disorders in children and cancer. Already in 2009, the German Federal Environment Agency came to the conclusion that the daily intake of bisphenol A currently considered safe by EFSA would be 2000 times too high to exclude health effects for humans. (pm, 04.10.2010)

Also read:
Bisphenol-A causes infertility in women
Study: Girls getting sexually mature sooner
Hormone-active chemicals threaten health
Federal Environmental Agency warns of chemical bisphenol A
Chemical bisphenol A found on receipts
Bisphenol-A causes infertility in women