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American Chemistry Council
California Senate Ignores Worldwide Body of Scientific Evidence and Votes to Limit Consumer Choice
June 20th, 2009
Today the California Senate voted to needlessly restrict consumer products deemed to be safe by scientific experts worldwide. Sadly, SB 797 is not based on science and will not improve public health. Eleven regulatory bodies around the world have recently assessed the science on bisphenol A (BPA) and uniformly determined that BPA is safe for use in food contact products, including the products that would be banned by SB 797. Among others, these include the European Union, European Food Safety Authority, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Danish Environmental Protection Agency, French Food Safety Authority, and the Swiss Office for Public Health. ...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-06-20)
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