MORE RESEARCH NEEDED ON PACKAGING INGREDIENT BPA, PANEL FINDS
November 1st, 2010
BY EMMA JACKSON
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for more research on the toxicity of drinks packaging additive Bisphenol A (BPA), after a global panel of experts determined that plastic water bottles and aluminium can linings are among the main culprits for human exposure to the chemical. The five-day conference in Ottawa, Canada concluded that BPA does not build up in the body and is eliminated regularly through urine, but it said the research on BPA's toxicity was too limited to determine whether BPA contributes to "adverse health ...
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