Consumers can continue to choose polycarbonate and epoxy products with confidence in their safe use.
Polycarbonate is used in a variety of food contact applications including baby bottles, water bottles and food storage containers, which are lightweight and shatter-resistant. Epoxy resins are used as protective coatings on food and beverage cans, which help store and protect food, as well as in many other applications. There is credible evidence that low doses of BPA can cause effects on specific endpoints. However, due to the inability of other credible studies in several different laboratories to observe low dose effects of BPA, and the consistency of these negative studies, the Subpanel is not persuaded that a low dose effect of BPA has been conclusively established as a general or reproducible finding . The totality of evidence on which the overall conclusion of the NTP Expert Panel was based most notably included a series of six comprehensive studies conducted by five different independent research entities, all of which confirmed the safety of polycarbonate and epoxy products.