Industry consultant suspended from BPA review panel

Pressure and publicity from EWG, has prompted the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences announced Monday that Sciences International has been temporarily removed from overseeing the Institute's bisphenol A evaluation while the company's ties to chemical manufacturers are investigated. We will keep you posted on further developments, but do check out these articles for more background.

LA Times (Mar 7) Toronto Globe and Mail (Mar 7) Star-Ledger (Mar 6) LA Times (Mar 4) New Standard (Mar 2)

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