Even as studies continue to be carried out and hypotheses tested, the Food and Drug Administration has come out and said that they can find no evidence that BPA would pose a danger to humans.
This issue has risen to the fore in recent months and years, with consumer advocates pointing to animal studies that they say showed an increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and reproductive issues when animals were exposed to Bisphenol A. The FDA, however, has said that after reviewing studies, they can find nothing that would suggest this damage would carry over to people.
BPA has been used to make plastics and small levels of it may be found in cans and plastic bottles. As a result, trace amounts of BPA can be transferred to food and drink. Hundreds of studies have been conducted testing whether this could be dangerous, but the FDA has said they have looked into these studies and concluded that a diet with these trace amounts of BPA would not pose a risk.
The FDA goes even further than that, as a matter of fact, taking to task a previous claim that infants are exposed through an inordinate amount of BPA in their foods. They have instead said that in babies and adults alike, BPA gets metabolized and ejected from the body.
As a personal injury lawyer in Los Angeles, I’ve seen numerous people affected by dangerous chemicals. No matter what the decision is on BPA, I will be paying attention as a San Francisco personal injury lawyer to examinations of all chemicals by the FDA and consumer advocates.
According to the morning news, products tested by the Breast Cancer Fund have shown signs of containing bisphenol A also known as BPA. The items tested by the Fund’s researchers consisted on varied canned foods used in Thanksgiving dinners.
The reports from the Breast Cancer Fund claim that BPA is directly linked to health effects like infertility, breast or prostate cancer, type 2 diabetes and even some neurological disorders.
This chemical has already been severely restricted in a few U.S. states and Canada although it has been used in food-can liners for many years. Reports show that the presence of BPA can have something to do with the canning processes at the various facilities responsible for the products. Sometimes even transportation and storage conditions may make a difference in the contents of the products.
The items tested by the Breast Cancer Fund include Campbell’s Turkey Gravy, Green Giant Cut Green Beans (by General Mills), Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup, Libby’s Pumpkin (by Nestle), Carnation Evaporated Milk (by Nestle), Del Monte Fresh Cut Sweet Corn (Cream Style) and Ocean Spray Jellied Cranberry Sauce.
As a Los Angeles product liability lawyer, I urge all readers to be aware of using such products on your everyday diet. Personal injury lawyers can assure you, there are many cases related to permanent injuries caused by contaminated products that can be fatal. Remember to return to this blog regularly so you will always know what food products are being recalled.
The American Chemical Council has requested that the Food and Drug Administration formally ban BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups, according to recent news sources.
In a letter to the FDA, the group noted that Canada, Malaysia, China, the European Union, and ten U.S. states have recently banned BPA, or Bisphenol-A, in the use of both baby bottles and sippy cups.
The FDA has said that there is concern about the effects of BPA on the brain, prostate glands, and behavior in fetuses and young infants. Studies are currently being conducted to further evaluate BPA risks.
As a Los Angeles personal injury attorney, child and consumer safety is the number one priority at our law firm. I hope that the FDA will take action to ensure that children’s products are free from contamination. I know that even with all of the rules and regulations imposed on product manufacturers, things can still go wrong and sometimes companies even put profit before safety. If you or a loved one has been affected by an unsafe consumer product please do not hesitate to call a product defect lawyer right away. The longer you wait the more chance you have of losing evidence for your potential product liability case.
