Pressure is growing on the Food and Drug Administration to set new restrictions on the use of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging following a new safety study.
A report from the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) concluded that there was "some concern for neural and behavioral effects in fetuses, infants, and children at current human exposures" to BPA, which is used extensively in the plastic lining in food cans.
According to the NTP, there was evidence that BPA could induce cancer in humans at current exposure levels, although it stressed that "more research is needed.”
The report, published earlier this week, has already prompted calls from senior U.S. politicians for rapid action from the FDA, which has previously cleared BPA for use in food packaging.
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