GLOBAL BPA CONFERENCE HOPES TO FIND SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS
November 1st, 2010
BY EMMA JACKSON, KEITH NUTHALL
A CLOSED doors meeting of international scientists is trying this week to thrash out a global consensus on the risks posed to consumers by the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA). Participant experts at the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have been told to sign confidentiality agreements, preventing them from disclosing information from the discussions until the organisers have published all material from the meeting. It has also been closed to the media.
A summary will be released later, WHO ...
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