Bisphenol A. Canada is
banning it in baby bottles, while the California State Senate recently
passed a bill to ban it in child care products. Even the
US Senate is getting in on the action. Bill Moyers thought it was interesting enough to run
this Expose story. In addition to the previously discussed cancer risk, it may also
cause obesity. Is this
pointless overreaction, or is it an example of government's
failure to act [PDF] in the face of industry pressure? The FDA, was, after all, tasked with screening such endocrine disruptors
over ten years ago. Previously on the
blue and
green.