chemicalfreelife: FOOD—ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS:   NEW REPORT EXAMINES the U.S. GOVERNMENT’S FAILURE to ACT on PROTECTING CONSUMERS from BPA . “Recent studies point to BPA’s ability to interfere with the body’s hormone system, potentially leading to a variety of health problems, including damage to the reproductive system and the brain,[weight gain/obesity, and more*]…” . Federal regulators have failed to act on toxic chemical, report says Federal regulators have done little to protect the public, according to a new report from a nonprofit research group. The agencies’ plodding action on Bisphenol-A, known as BPA, despite a stream of research pointing to serious risks, doesn’t bode well for attempts to address related chemicals that may pose similar dangers but haven’t been studied as much, the report’s lead author said. The Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency are conducting research on BPA. The EPA is also in the process of proposing a rule to require further testing and is considering listing BPA among other “chemicals of concern.” These efforts, however, have been “meager,” and the agencies have authority to do much more, the report says. The FDA, for example, could ban BPA in all products that come in contact with food. The EPA could require warning labels and ban certain uses of the chemical. And the Occupational Safety and Health Administration could set and enforce limits on how much BPA workers can breathe. Many of these steps would take time and likely face heavy resistance from companies that use the chemical. But there are steps the agencies should take now, the report says. . *For more information on the adverse health effects linked with BPA, see the scientific findings report on the ChemicalFreeLife.tumblr.com front page: http://chemicalfreelife.tumblr.com/syntheticfoodchemicalresearch .

chemicalfreelife:

FOOD—ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS:   NEW REPORT EXAMINES the U.S. GOVERNMENT’S FAILURE to ACT on PROTECTING CONSUMERS from BPA

.

“Recent studies point to BPA’s ability to interfere with the body’s hormone system, potentially leading to a variety of health problems, including damage to the reproductive system and the brain,[weight gain/obesity, and more*]…”

.

Federal regulators have failed to act on toxic chemical, report says

Federal regulators have done little to protect the public, according to a new report from a nonprofit research group.

The agencies’ plodding action on Bisphenol-A, known as BPA, despite a stream of research pointing to serious risks, doesn’t bode well for attempts to address related chemicals that may pose similar dangers but haven’t been studied as much, the report’s lead author said.

The Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency are conducting research on BPA. The EPA is also in the process of proposing a rule to require further testing and is considering listing BPA among other “chemicals of concern.”

These efforts, however, have been “meager,” and the agencies have authority to do much more, the report says.

The FDA, for example, could ban BPA in all products that come in contact with food. The EPA could require warning labels and ban certain uses of the chemical. And the Occupational Safety and Health Administration could set and enforce limits on how much BPA workers can breathe.

Many of these steps would take time and likely face heavy resistance from companies that use the chemical. But there are steps the agencies should take now, the report says.

.

*For more information on the adverse health effects linked with BPA, see the scientific findings report on the ChemicalFreeLife.tumblr.com front page:

http://chemicalfreelife.tumblr.com/syntheticfoodchemicalresearch

.