SB 797: Crying over BPA milk

Despite ever-increasing scientific evidence of the dangerous health impacts to infants and children from exposure to BPA, SB 797 failed passage in the Senate. Authored by Senators Pavley and Liu, the bill would have prohibited the use of the toxic chemical and synthetic estrogen bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles, sippy cups, infant formula cans, and baby food jars. For the third time, supporters of children's health watched as the American Chemistry Council lobbied against precaution and defended a product that is widely condemned as a cancer-causing agent and endocrine disruptor.