2012年4月,据华盛顿路透社消息,美国食品与药物管理局(FDA)拒绝禁用塑料添加剂双酚A。该局认为提出禁用申请的环保组织,未能提供足够的科学证据,证明这种化学物质有害人体健康。数十年来,罐头食品和饮料包装、奶瓶、水瓶等日用品的制造过程中广泛使用双酚A(his- In April 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) refused to ban BPA, a plastic additive, according to a Washington Reuters news release. The agency considers that the environmental group that lodged a ban on its application failed to provide sufficient scientific evidence to prove that such a chemical is harmful to human health. For decades, bisphenol A (his- orbitanone) has been widely used in the manufacture of consumer products such as canned food and beverage packaging, baby bottles,