DT News - Canada - Canada declares BPA toxic

Associated Press

Mon. 20 October 2008

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TORONTO, Canada: Canada declared a chemical widely used in food packaging a toxic substance and will now move to ban plastic baby bottles containing bisphenol A.

The toxic classification, issued in the Canada Gazette, makes Canada the first country to classify the chemical commonly used in the lining of food cans, eyeglass lenses and dental sealers as risky.

The announcement came six months after its health ministry labeled BPA as dangerous. Health Minister Tony Clement said a report on bisphenol A has found the chemical endangers people, particularly newborns and infants, and the environment, citing concerns that the chemical in polycarbonate products and epoxy linings can migrate into food and beverages.

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