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Environmental

Mar. 31, 2010

BPA Impact Investigated

The Environmental Protection Agency announced an initiative Monday to look at the environmental impacts of a chemical widely used in food packaging and plastics, adding fuel to state efforts to limit its use.

By Fiona Smith

Daily Journal Staff Writer

The Environmental Protection Agency announced an initiative Monday to look at the environmental impacts of a chemical widely used in food packaging and plastics, adding fuel to state efforts to limit its use.

Bisphenol A, or BPA, has caused reproductive and developmental effects in animal studies and may also affect the endocrine system, according to the EPA. The chemical is used in a ...

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