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Written by Betty Ann Bowser, The Jim Lehrer Newshour
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Originally Aired: October 30, 2007
The chemical bisphenol A, known as BPA, is used to make many common plastic products used in U.S. homes, including baby bottles. Scientists and expert panels have been tasked with determining whether BPA has adverse effects on human health.
BETTY ANN BOWSER, NewsHour Correspondent: When these four Washington, D.C., moms get together these days, talk turns inevitably to baby bottles.
HEIDI PARSONT, Mother: The fact that it potentially cause cancer, I think, is alarming.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: Heidi Parsont is frightened by what she's read and heard.
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Retha Newbold
Nat'l Inst. of Environ. Health Sciences
"I think for me the data is very clear using the animal models that there is reason for concern."
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Steven Hentges
American Chemistry Council
"The position of the 38 scientists is distinctly at odds with the views of every other review of Bisphenol A that has been conducted in recent years."
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Amy Bremmer
Mother
"I'm erring on the side of caution, because I'm just concerned about her. And so I went and got new bottles."
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John Bucher
National Toxicology Program
"I think the state of the science on Bisphenol A is somewhat unsettled....The best that I think we can do at this point is to try to be as clear as we can in interpreting the data that we have at hand."
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