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Plastic Bottle Chemical May Be Harmful - US Agency

Plastic Bottle Chemical May Be Harmful - US Agency US: April 16, 2008 WASHINGTON - A chemical in some plastic food and drink packaging including baby bottles may be tied to early puberty and prostate and breast cancer, the US government said on Tuesday. Based on draft findings by the National Toxicology Program, part of the US National Institutes of Health, senior congressional Democrats asked the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider its view that the chemical bisphenol A is safe in products for use by infants and children.