Chemical Lobbyists Allegedly Aid in Delay BPA Legislation
Published: 18 February 2010
Category: Bisphenol A (BPA), Packaging CONCERNS, Studies/State & Federal Regulations
According to the “Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,” eight days after chemical industry lobbyists met with Obama administration officials, federal regulators delayed action on including bisphenol A (BPA) in a new effort to better regulate dangerous chemicals. The move is drawing suspicion, considering how the head of the Environmental Protection Agency had been talking tough in one speech after another last fall about the need to protect the public from chemicals such as BPA.