You're slightly beside the point again. This is a terrible decision and does make me wonder who over at FDA may have owed someone a favor. But it's a FOOD problem. Not pharmaeutical.
> FDA Decides Against Banning BPA In Food & Beverage Containers > > > Bisphenol A better known as "BPA" is a chemical used in the epoxy > resin > linings of a lot of food and beverage containers. Studies have linked > BPA > to everything from increased risks of certain cancers to diabetes, > reproductive abnormalities, and heart disease. But the Food and Drug > Administration says there is not enough evidence yet to ban its use in > food > packaging. > > Earlier today, in response to a petition submitted by the Natural > Resources > Defense Council the FDA ruled that the available data "was not > sufficient > to persuade FDA... to initiate rulemaking to revoke the food additive > approvals for BPA." > > The didn't write off the possibility of a ban entirely, saying it > would > "continue in its broader and more comprehensive review of emerging > data and > information on BPA." > > But our labcoat-lovin' brothers and sisters at Consumer Reports > weren't > exactly overjoyed by the news. > > > "We're disappointed with the FDA's decision," said Jean Halloran, the > director of food policy initiatives at Consumers Union. "We think > there's > ample scientific evidence about the health risks of BPA for the agency > to > take action now and ban it from food and drink packaging." > > > Ami Gadhia, senior policy counsel for Consumers Union, said "We're > going to > keep pressing the FDA to ban BPA. We also support congressional > efforts to > take BPA off the market entirely." > > > Back in 2009, Consumer Reports tested canned foods, including soups, > juice, > tuna, and green beans, and found that almost all of the 19 name-brand > foods > tested contained some BPA. > > > Interestingly enough, this announcement comes the same day that the > FDA > touted its new requirement for tobacco companies to providing > detailed > accounts on the levels of a wide variety of toxins in their products. > > > > http://consumerist. c> om/2012/03/fda-decides-against-banning-bpa-in-food-beverage-containers. > html > > > Is it just me, or does anyone thing else think that the FDA is > completely > compromised, especially in regards to pharmaceuticals? > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad > reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the > tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349331 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
