In a public statement, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) agreed with Reps. Henry Waxman and Bart Stupak that an immediate, transparent assessment of the science including all relevant data and scientific studies is welcome and in the public’s best interest.
General consensus in the international community, as reported in FE’sMarch 2009 Food Safety online news, is that BPA in its current uses does not pose a health risk to children and adults, although Canada banned the use of BPA in polycarbonate baby bottles in 2008. According to ACC, within the last year several European food safety authorities have extensively evaluated the science around BPA and uniformly concluded that BPA is safe in food-contact products.