
BPA Officially Banned from Baby Bottles, Not Food
The federal government announced that baby bottles and sippy cups can no longer contain the chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA. The U.S. chemical industry’s chief association, the American Chemistry Council, had asked the Food and Drug Administration to phase out rules allowing BPA in those products in October, after determining that all manufacturers of bottles and sippy cups had already abandoned the chemical due to safety concerns.
It is illegal for companies to use substances not covered by FDA rules.
Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-BPA-Banned-from-Baby-Bottles-071812.aspx