Brussels, 25/02/2011 (Agence Europe) -Tuesday 1 March will be a red letter day for infant health and the application of the precautionary principle. On that date, a ban will be introduced on the manufacture in the European Union of baby bottles containing Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical component of plastics and polycarbonate resins (see EUROPE 10265). Some recent studies have indicated that BPA can have an impact on the immune system or provoke tumours.
The ban in baby feeding bottles is...