New Bill Proposed to Ban BPA in Plastic, and the FDA forms "BPA Task Force"-

The good BPA news keeps coming, and it's about time.

As promised, Senator Charles Schumer of New York proposed a ban on BPA in all products for kids under the age of 7 and require that the CDC study the chemical further. The Washington Post reports that Hilary Clinton is among several of the bill's co-sponsors.

And as reported here before, the FDA is being investigated by the House Energy and Commerce Committee about a BPA study citing the chemical as harmless (and oh yeah, funded by major chemical companies).

Read the full article here.

In this article also from the Washington Post, we learn that the FDA is re-evaluating its stance on BPA, including creating a task force to study and make recommendations about BPA in products.