SB 797: BPA and baby bottles: a toxic formula

Applying precautions to products used by infants seems reasonable. SB 797 (Pavley and Liu) would have taken a reasonable step by limiting the amount of the toxic chemical (synthetic estrogen) bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and cups, infant formula cans and baby food jars and ensuring that any replacement chemical is not a carcinogen or or reproductive toxin. Concerns worldwide and in the U.S. have spurred bans of BPA, a known endocrine disruptor, in other countries and states. Without a statutory ban, California will have to rely on the Green Chemistry Initiative (GCI) enacted last year, which still has no process in place to take any regulatory action on BPA or other harmful chemicals in products.