Ottawa to ban baby bottles made with bisphenol A
Last Updated: Friday, April 18, 2008 | 4:55 PM ET Comments127Recommended407
CBC News

The federal government announced Friday it intends to ban the import and sale of polycarbonate baby bottles containing bisphenol A, making Canada the first country in the world to limit exposure to the controversial chemical.

Health Minister Tony Clement told reporters at an Ottawa news conference the ban would come into force barring new information from a 60-day public comment period.

"We've concluded it's better to be safe than sorry," said Clement.

The ban would affect only baby bottles and not other food containers made with bisphenol A (BPA).

Clement said Health Canada's assessment shows that in most instances, negative health effects occur at levels much greater than those to which Canadians are exposed.

"This is not the case for newborns and infants," he added. "We have concluded that early development is sensitive to the effects of bisphenol A. Although our science tells us that exposure levels to newborns and infants are below levels that cause effects, we believe the current safety margin needs to be higher."

Health Canada began reassessing bisphenol A, along with a number of other chemicals, in November 2007. The review looked at human and animal studies around the world into how much of the chemical is leaching from consumer products, such as plastic baby bottles and water bottles.

But the plastics industry has vigorously defended the chemical, noting that it's been widely used for 50 years.


I wonder are pesticides ok to spray over our crops and our lawns? Take organophosphates for instance, the basis of many insecticides, herbicides, and nerve gases. They’ve been around for well over 150 years, hmm what other diseases have been around for 150 years?????

I wonder what Dow AgroSciences Canada and Bayer Canada would have to say about that…


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