In 2008, Health Canada, the Canadian health service, issued a new report concluding that bisphenol A, or BPA, a chemical found in numerous plastic products was potentially toxic to humans, especially infants.
Toxic Plastics?
Canada recently became the first country in the world to limit exposure to bisphenol A, or BPA, a chemical found in numerous plastic products. The same month, the FDA decided to conduct further studies on BPA. These events may mark a dramatic change in official categorization and treatment of the chemical after decades of scientific and public debate. It may also result in new litigation across the country.
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