The National Institute’s of Health Toxicology Program released a report yesterday that bisphenol A, a chemical found in 93 percent of all U.S. patients’ urinary tracts, could lead to everything from cancer to stunted growth. The chemical is found in plastic containers from baby bottles to the linings of soda cans. 

What now bears monitoring, reports the Washington Post’s Lyndsey Layton, is whether the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration act on the NIH findings and regulate the chemical. Or will action during what remains of the Bush administration be limited to the states?  Read Layton here. MB

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