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Expert Panel Confirms Safety of BPA Use

By Sean Wajert on January 22, 2015
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

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

By Sean Wajert on January 3, 2012
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

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

By Sean Wajert on December 15, 2011
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

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

By Sean Wajert on October 13, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Food and Beverage, Toxic Tort

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

By Sean Wajert on August 18, 2010
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

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

By Sean Wajert on July 7, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage, Toxic Tort

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

By Sean Wajert on May 25, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage, Toxic Tort

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

By Sean Wajert on November 19, 2009
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

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

By Sean Wajert on November 18, 2009
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

By Sean Wajert on March 23, 2009
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage, Toxic Tort

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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