Why Does the Rest of the World Support the Safety of Bisphenol A?
Bisphenol A is one of the best studied substances, with a large database of toxicological and exposure information available to assess human health concerns. Government and scientific bodies worldwide have comprehensively examined the scientific evidence and, in every case, these assessments support the conclusion that bisphenol A is not a risk to human health at the extremely low levels to which people might be exposed. Key examples include: • In June 2006, a panel of scientific experts reported the results of their weight-of-the-evidence evaluation of low-dose reproductive and developmental effects of bisphenol A. Considering studies published through February 2006 and the results of a 2004 evaluation (see below), the panel concluded “the weight of evidence does not support the hypothesis that low oral doses of BPA adversely affect human reproductive and developmental health.” (1) • In January 2006, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR, Bundesinstitut für Risikobewer
