Mercyhurst Speak to FDA’s Forbid on Bisphenol-A

The Food and Drug Administration says baby bottles and sippy cups can no longer contain Bisphenol-A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor that is actually mimics estrogen. But, what about the countless plastic products, from water bottles to dental sealants that contain BPA?

The Food and Drug Administration didn't go far enough, said Mercyhurst University Public Health Department Chair Dr. David Dausey. Dausey addresses the FDA's recent BPA forbid in latest vlog, The Dausey File: Public Health News Today.

BPA is associated with a wide range of health conditions from metabolic disease to actually reproductive health defects. Dausey said: forbid is merely symbolic and doesn't truly adjust the controversial chemical.

"Manufactures and of course the chemical industry were really getting such bad press through their use of BPA in baby bottles that they voluntarily decided to quit using it years ago," Dausey said. "At present, no person is using BPA in baby bottles, the Food and Drug Administration ultimately gets around to excluding it."

Some of other harmful chemicals present in consumer products consist of Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs) that can be found as color retardants in clothing, and have actually been linked to impaired immune responses in babies; and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs), present in flame resistant products, which were linked to learning problems and hyperactivity in little ones.