GLOBAL BPA CONFERENCE HOPES TO FIND SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS
October 1st, 2010
BY EMMA JACKSON
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), a common and controversial additive in plastic drinks bottles, aluminium can linings and other beverage packaging.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will release global recommendations on how to proceed over a subject that has pitted regulators against each other, with scientists clashing over the toxicity of BPA.
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