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FDA official says plastic chemicals are safe to children

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A federal health official said yesterday June 10 that plastic baby bottles and water bottles are safe to use and would not cause any harm to infants and young children.

Bay bottles and water bottles commonly contain a toxic chemical called bisphenol A, which make the plastic material solid and unbreakable. A tiny amount of the chemical can be released from polycarbonate plastic over the time, particularly under certain conditions such as high temperature.

The National Toxicology Program, an agency under the Department of Health and Human Services, said early in a draft report that there is some concern that bisphenol A may alter behavior and the brain and it may also reduce survival and birth weight in fetuses in animal studies, Reuters reported.

Dr. Norris Alderson, the Food and Drug Administration's associate commissioner for science yesterday told the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Committee on Energy and Commerce that the level is not high enough to cause injury.

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