Would you like a little bisphenol A with your milk?

Chemical Fallout: A Journal Sentinel Watchdog Report

Miwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Warning: Chemicals in the packaging, surfaces or contents of many products may cause long-term health effects, including cancers of the breast, brain and testicles; lowered sperm counts, early puberty and other reproductive system defects; diabetes; attention deficit disorder, asthma and autism. A decade ago, the government promised to test these chemicals. It still hasn't.

Part 1: Are your products safe?

Congress ordered the federal government in 1996 to begin testing and regulating certain chemicals suspected of causing cancer and a host of developmental problems. Eleven years later, not a single compound has been put to that test.

Part 2: Bisphenol A is in you

The federal government's assurances that a common chemical is safe are based on outdated U.S. government studies and research heavily funded by the chemical industry.

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