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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EPA Releases Draft BPA Report
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Last week, the EPA released a draft analysis of chemicals that may substitute for bisphenol A’s use in thermal paper — that’s the material often used…
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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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Class Certification Denied in BPA MDL
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The federal judge in the MDL involving BPA in baby bottles refused last week to certify three proposed multistate classes in this multidistrict litiga…
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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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