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The report is based on numerous laboratory-animal studies. National Toxicology Program officials are not sure the changes seen in the laboratory animals can be directly applied to humans, but conclude that the potential dangers cannot be dismissed.
The greatest concern identified in the study was that BPA exposure could affect development of the prostate gland and brain in fetuses, infants and children, or that it could cause behavioral changes in that group. Last summer, the Food and Drug Administration released its “Draft Assessment of Bisphenol A for Use in Food Contact Applications.” The FDA recommendations in that 105-page document call for more testing to determine the effects BPA may be having on humans compared with laboratory animals. An FDA advisory panel is scheduled to meet Friday to discuss the report. FDA officials did not return a phone call placed to them on Tuesday. But Bloomberg.com reported Tuesday that Congress is criticizing the FDA for potential conflicts of interest in the preparation of that report. The concern is that one of the FDA’s advisers has financial ties to a major manufacturer of BPA. In the Bloomberg story, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a Connecticut Democrat, is quoted as calling for Friday’s meeting to be canceled because of that connection. Another recent study by the Center for Health, Environment & Justice, a national environmental organization, called “Baby’s Toxic Bottle: Bisphenol A Leaching from Popular Baby Bottles,” reports that several popular brands of baby bottles, including Avent, Disney/The First Years, Dr. Brown’s, Evenflo, Gerber and Playtex, leach bisphenol A when heated, and the amount leached into the liquid is within the range shown to cause harm in animal studies, according to 150 peer-reviewed journal articles on the chemical. Taylor’s middle-school research project drew so much attention, she was invited as one of the 30 Top Young Scientists in the nation to Washington, D.C., last week to show judges and a host of science-museum tourists her findings. The Top Young Scientist competition is sponsored by Discovery Channel parent company Discovery Communications LLC, and research and development company 3M. In order to qualify for the competition, Taylor had to take top spots in science fairs at her middle school, the regional competition at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin and state competition. Taylor did not win the Top Young Scientist title, but said she is still thrilled that she made it that far and that her project may have brought the conversation of BPA safety into more homes. She said she hopes to return to the competition next year. Career interests As to the future, Taylor Gaines says she wants to pursue a career in biotechnology or microbiology. 
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