Bisphenol A Timeline
Here are important dates in the bisphenol A (BPA) controversy:
March 2009:
Connecticut's Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announces that the six leading baby bottle makers in the U.S. -- Avent, Disney First Years, Gerber, Dr. Brown, Playtex, and Evenflo -- will stop using bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles.
January 2009:
The FDA hosts a meeting of U.S. and Canadian manufacturers of food packaging materials containing bisphenol A to discuss what's being done to help minimize levels of bisphenol A in food.
October 2008:
Canada's government says it's drafting regulations to ban polycarbonate baby bottles containing bisphenol A.
An FDA advisory panel criticizes the FDA's draft report on bisphenol A's safety for excluding some studies and not focusing enough on infants' exposure to bisphenol A and uncertainty in bisphenol A research.
September 2008:
The NTP issues its final report on bisphenol A, which largely echoes its draft report but lowers its level of concern about mammary and puberty effects to "minimal" concern.
August 2008:
The FDA issues a draft report calling bisphenol A safe at typical exposure levels from food and drink.
July 2008:
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) sees no bisphenol risk to human fetuses or newborns because bisphenol A exits the human body too quickly to pose a threat.
April 2008:
A National Toxicology Program (NTP) draft report notes "some" concern for bisphenol A's effects on the mammary gland, prostate gland, and accelerated female puberty, mainly based on lab tests on rodents.
Reusable water bottle maker Nalgene ditches bisphenol A in its consumer bottles and Wal-Mart, Toys "R" Us, Babies "R" Us, and CVS/Pharmacy say they will phase out baby bottles containing bisphenol A.
The FDA says it's reviewing bisphenol A safety but notes that a large body of evidence supports the chemical's safety.
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