"bisphénol A";BPA;"bisphenol A"
This report details the results of a survey conducted by INERIS in 2011 on the uses of and possible substitutes for Polycarbonate and Epoxy Resins (two Bisphenol-A-based materials) in food containers and utensils intended for the general public.
It contains a description of the items concerned and lists the alternatives currently available or under development.
This report contains reference data concerning Bisphenol A, including:
This report, published in 2010, sets out the conclusions of a survey conducted in the USA among companies operating in the food sector by Green Century Capital Management (a strategy consulting firm specialising in responsible investments, founded by an NGO partnership in 1991) and As you sow (an NGO founded in 1992) to determine the extent of the action they had taken or planned to take to replace BPA in food packaging. It follows on from the report published in 2009.
This report, published in 2009, sets out the conclusions of a survey conducted in the USA to determine the position of food industry companies on the presence of BPA in food packaging and the actions they had taken or planned to take to replace it.
The report published in 2011 by the Danish EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) is the conclusion of a study conducted in Denmark on the risks associated with the migration of BPA from receipts, and from the collars of physiologic pacifiers composed of polycarbonate. Alternatives are proposed for these two applications.
This report, published in 2004 by the Danish EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), details the different uses of BPA and the possible alternatives to its use in drinks cans and food tins, polycarbonate items, thermal paper and printer ink.
In September 2011, ANSES published two reports on BPA. The first details the results of a collective expert report on the health effects of BPA, studied at low doses on animals. The second looks at the uses of BPA in all its different applications.
ANSES has produced a report reviewing the possible alternatives to BPA in its different fields of application. BPA is primarily used in polycarbonate, in epoxy resins coating the inside of food tins, and as a developer in thermal paper (till receipts). 73 alternative solutions were identified. Link to the ANSES report on BPA replacement.
Another report, in two volumes, presents the results of a collective study assessing the risks posed by BPA to human health.
