Panel minimizes some concerns over BPA

A scientific advisory board, charged with reviewing a federal report on the risks of a chemical found in baby bottles and aluminum cans, downgraded that report’s level of concern. To see Susanne Rust of the Journal Sentinel’s full story, click HERE.

House bill would ban bisphenol A in food, drink containers

A potentially dangerous chemical used to produce baby bottles, line the inside of metal cans and manufacture other plastic household items would be banned in food and drink containers under a new bill introduced Tuesday in the House. Click HERE to read Diana Marrero of the Journal Sentinel’s full story.

House panel inquiring into plastics

A congressional committee investigating the safety of chemicals in everyday plastics is expected to have some pointed questions for scientists from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency when it meets at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Click HERE to find what Meg Kissinger of the Journal Sentinel found.