by Elizabeth Renter, Natural Society:

Despite countless studies showcasing the many dangers of the plastic chemical bisphenol-A (BPA), the Food and Drug Administration has insisted for years that BPA is safe. Now, the organization has released a study that it says affirms this, though critics say the study is flawed to the point of being worthless.

According to Environmental Health News, the research exposed rats in the womb and as newborns to high levels of BPA and found it resulted in altered hormones, lower body weights, and abnormal female reproductive development. But, when the rats were exposed to lower levels—levels the FDA said are equivalent to those experienced by humans—no such effects occurred.

“It’s a flawed study,” said Laura Vandenberg of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Vandenberg isn’t alone in her opinion, that the FDA’s study is scientifically unsound.

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