Bisphenol A: Part 2 - Recommendations for risk management

New studies show that BPA can impair the immune system of unborn and young children at a lower exposure level than the one on which the current standards are based; a level is roughly comparable to the current daily BPA exposure level of workers and consumers. As a result of this exposure, people could develop food intolerances and become more susceptible to infectious diseases. RIVM advises the government to reduce BPA exposure in the short term wherever possible. Special attention needs to be devoted to protecting small children, pregnant women and women who breastfeed, because developing unborn and young children are more sensitive than adults to the effects of BPA (RIVM, 3 March 2016).
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