We have posted before about the BPA “controversy” egged on by lawyers seeking their next mass tort. Now comes yet another report on BPA, fro
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Class Certification Denied in BPA Litigation
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A Missouri federal court last week denied the class certification motion of consumers suing defendants in the multi-district litigation over the use o…
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FDA to Issue BPA Decision in 2012
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The FDA apparently will issue a final decision next Spring on an interest group’s petition requesting a ban on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food pa…
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European Regulators Reaffirm Stance on BPA
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Readers of MassTortDefense are accustomed to European regulatory approaches that are much stricter than in North America, under a co-called “prec…
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Senate Moves Forward With Compromise Food Safety Act
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U.S. Senate negotiators apparently reached an agreement last week on food safety legislation in order to have it ready for the full Senate to consider…
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NRDC Sues FDA Over BPA
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The Natural Resources Defense Council brought suit last week against the FDA for allegedly failing to take timely action in response to its petition a…
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Proposed BPA Ban Undermines Food Safety Bill
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) announced last week that she would seek to ban the chemical bisphenol-A in food and drink containers as part of an am…
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BPA Update- Part II
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Yesterday, we posted about events in the MDL. Today, the science, and it probably shouldn’t surprise readers of MassTortDefense that studies sug…
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BPA Litigation Update- Part I
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Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage, Toxic Tort
In the BPA MDL, Judge Ortrie D. Smith granted in part and denied in part defendants’ motions to dismiss various claims. In re: Bispehnol-A Polyc…
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Bills to Ban BPA Introduced in Congress
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In the past few days, bills were introduced in both houses of Congress to ban bisphenol A in all food and beverage containers in the U.S. The so-calle…
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