DK: National Food Institute maintains its assessment of BPA

After having examined the European Food Safety Authority, EFSA's new health assessment of bisphenol A, the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, maintains its assessment of the chemical compound.
The National Food Institute’s scientists evaluate that EFSA’s new TDI does not adequately protect against endocrine disrupting effects. One reason is that EFSA does not apply an appropriate uncertainty factor. Also the researchers find that EFSA, in establishing the new TDI, has not sufficiently taken data from animal studies showing effects on female mammary gland, the male reproductive system, and brain development and function into account (Website DTU Food, 23 February 2015).
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