It is with 364 votes against zero that the deputies voted yesterday on the subject of the marketing of baby bottles containing bisphenol A. The text proposes to suspend “the manufacture, import, export and placing on the market in free or for a fee for baby bottles produced on the basis of bisphenol A “.
Remember that bisphenol A is a synthetic organic chemical compound that can be the cause of various health problems: diabetes, behavioral disorders, cancer … The league against cancer has for its part launched a petition to “say stop bisphenol A “, which includes 11,000 signatures.
But the debate is not over. Indeed, the sale of baby bottles containing bisphenol A has been prohibited, but this chemical component remains present in other plastic food containers … A new point will be made in January 2011 confirms Valérie Létard, Secretary of State.
Will we move towards a total ban on BPA as is the case in Canada, Denmark or in some states of the United States?
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