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Thursday, 22 September, 2011
Toxins in a bottle (or a can)
ABE, the Consumer Show has been investigating Bisphenol A or BPA—a controversial plastic compound and synthetic hormone that’s found in everyday plastic items—for two years now. Some research shows that it can have serious negative health consequences, but the evidence is contradictory and keeps changing. Several countries and now the EU have decided to ban BPAs at least in baby bottles, but Switzerland has not followed suit. So what’s a consumer to do?
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