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October 23, 2008
The Plastics Industry Wrote FDA Report Claiming Bisphenol A is Safe
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A report by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration claiming that bisphenol A is safe, was written largely by the plastics industry and others with a financial stake in the controversial chemical. Although the FDA will not reveal who prepared its draft, the agency's own documents show that the work was done primarily by those with the most to gain by downplaying concerns about the safety of the chemical.
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A report by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration claiming that bisphenol A is safe, was written largely by the plastics industry and others with a financial stake in the controversial chemical. Although the FDA will not reveal who prepared its draft, the agency's own documents show that the work was done primarily by those with the most to gain by downplaying concerns about the safety of the chemical.