A strongly worded letter from Rep. John Dingell (D-Michigan) to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) emphasizes the frustration felt at the delay of the ratification of the Food Safety Bill. This Food Safety Bill marks the first significant reform of food safety laws and bestows more powers on the Food and Drug Administration to police much of our everyday life. It seems that a ban on BPA, a chemical that can be found in most plastics used for commercial purposes is the point for contention....
>>>A strongly worded letter from Rep. John Dingell (D-Michigan) to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) emphasizes the frustration felt at the delay of the ratification of the Food Safety Bill. This Food Safety Bill marks the first significant reform of food safety laws and bestows more powers on the Food and Drug Administration to police much of our everyday life. It seems that a ban on BPA, a chemical that can be found in most plastics used for commercial purposes is the point for contention. With opposition from the chemical industry and food manufacturing and packaging sector breathing down their necks, the Senators must decide in the face of scientific findings which prove that BPA leaches from the food packaging. And BPA is believed to adversely affect the endocrine system and in turn, child development as it is a synthetic form of estrogen.
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