BPA levels in US foods 1,000 times less than limits, study finds

Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 14:30 in Mathematics & Economics

For the first time in the United States, researchers are reporting in a peer-reviewed scientific journal detection of Bisphenol A (BPA) in fresh and canned food as well as food wrapped in plastic packaging. The amounts, however, were almost 1,000 times lower than the "tolerable daily intake" levels set by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

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