Growing concerns over the safety of the chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) could potentially force disruptive change in the packaging value chain. As the packaging community vigorously defends the safety of BPA through scientific research, other studies suggest that the chemical could cause health problems by leaching into liquids or foods from polycarbonate baby bottles and water bottles, or from the epoxy resins used for protective liners in canned goods.
“Bisphenol-A is an important chemical building block that is used primarily to make polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, both of which are used in a wide variety of applications that make our lives better and safer,” writes Steven G. Hentges, Ph.D., in a Bisphenol-A Fact Sheet from the American Chemistry Council’s (www.americanchemistry.com) Polycarbonate/BPA Global Group.
