,Toxic Plastics Chemical in Infant Formula

Toxic Plastics Chemical in Infant Formula


 

Publication Date: August 2007

Publisher: Environmental Working Group

Author(s): Jane Houlihan; Sonya Lunder

Research Area: Environment

Keywords: infant formula; toxics; BPA

Type: Report

Abstract:

Laboratory tests of canned infant formula conducted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a certified commercial laboratory reveal that a plastics chemical called bisphenol A (BPA) leaches from metal can linings into formula. According to a new EWG analyses, the amount of BPA ingested by some bottle-fed infants exceeds the doses that caused serious adverse effects in animal studies.