EFSA's novel BPA assessment approach defended amid national regulatory dissent

BY RAYAN BHARGAVA, MSC, KARI OAKES

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA’s) substantial lowering of the limit of bisphenol A considered safe in humans was recently lauded by a group of scientists and clinicians. In an article, the group applauds a regulatory toxicology approach that considers academic as well as guideline-directed studies, though EFSA’s findings have engendered some regulatory dissonance between the EU and various national agencies on appropriate limits for the endocrine-disrupting substance.

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