A comprehensive review of the scientific knowledge available regarding controversial Bisphenol A. ‘Blissfully unaware of Bisphenol A: Reasons why regulators should live up to their responsibilities’ reveals that despite firm scientific consensus about the health hazards of the chemical, European authorities are shirking their responsibilities and attempting to postpone any decision on whether this substance should require authorisation until 2013.
The report shows that BPA, which is found in consumer goods such as baby bottles, plastic microwave food containers and canned food linings, has proven links with a wide range of health disorders from infertility and breast and prostate cancer, to thyroid malfunction, attention deficit syndrome and recurrent miscarriage.