Natural Resources Defense Council files a court challenge over the Food and Drug Administration's handling of bisphenol A. ("BPA")

It may be a matter of finding a *replacement* for BPA... That might take a bit of time and research on the part of FDA and other agencies. Yet, that is only my view.

There are replacements-- but they cost more:

Michigan-based Eden Foods, for example, markets beans and rice in BPA-free cans made by Ball Corp, but they cost 14 percent more than traditional ones. With the can itself representing one of the largest costs for food makers, switching to an alternative likely would boost prices and hurt consumers — especially the legions of coupon-clippers struggling to make ends meet.

I just seeded theat article-- BPA: Waiter, there may be a carcinogen in my soup

There are replacements-- but they cost more:

Heaven knows, in America, low cost is the most important factor if product decisions.

The unspoken, and too often hidden, fact is we either pay at the beginning or the end of all of these ingredient decisions. As long as manufacturers can postpone the true cost of their products onto the health system and environment, we're all going to pay far more than the cost of slightly more expensive up-front ingredients.

I used to think it was only America. But the fact is, many other countries are just as bad-- some are even worse.

In terms of allowing toxic conditions and products, for example-- the Chinese are much much worse. Many countries around the workld-- particularly third world countries-- have those who are excessively greedy, corrupt, or both in control-- to a larget degree than the U.S! Its widespread...9there are some exceptions, mainly I believe in Scandinavia...but that may change as well as immigrants form third wolrd countries start to overwhelm indigenous Scandinavians...)