United States Government health agencies on the 15th issued a preliminary report said, animal experiments showed that the plastic bottle usually contain chemicals bisphenol A (BPA) may cause cancer and other disorders.

BPA widely used in baby bottles, compact discs, food containers and other plastic products manufacturing. Some Members called on the United States Government to re-examine the safety of BPA.



Plastics manufacturers think that the report can not prove that the BPA harmful to human beings.

BPA report triggered new animal cancer

United States National Institutes of Health's National Toxicology Programme (NTP) said that animal experiments showed that BPA may lead to cancer, the Planning Department expressed concern.

In the experiment, the rats exposed to BPA on a breast cancer, prostate cancer and other cancer symptoms. Planning Office said there was a need to further study the safety of BPA.

Toxicology Planning Office, in charge of Maikexieer he said: "It is a warning, a signal need to be concerned about, and we do not rule out the possibility of human BPA may have a similar hazard."

Toxicology Planning Department has adopted five warning system, "serious concern" to "can be neglected." "Some concern" a moderate degree of concern. They have to BPA on the fetus, infant and child-level warning of the potential hazards as "some concern" to the potential hazards of adults as "can be neglected." BPA security of the United States Government's attitude is changing. The Food and Drug Administration last month that the home of hundreds of government and academic institutions with the results of research on regardless and only a plastic manufacturers funded two research findings, that BPA is safe.

Reply concern without BPA bottle out of stock

After the announcement, some American researchers and has asked the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider the BPA attitude on the issue of security, because many baby products also contain BPA.

United States Senate Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Dihandinggeer said: "To the health of infants and children, I hope that the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider the issue in the BPA's attitude."

Food and Drug Administration has not yet commented on this. Food and Drug Administration in November last year, said there was no reason to prohibit or restrict the use of BPA.

BPA widely used in plastics manufacture, almost all Americans can not be avoided. "Washington Post" said that 93% of Americans over the age of 6 in the urine can be detected BPA components.

The report from the United States public concern, non-BPA ingredients bottles become popular. This bottle manufacturers that supply bottle: "Every time a security of the BPA report, we do not stock a few days on depleted."