The Washington Post’s Lyndsey Layton reported yesterday on an under-resourced Food and Drug Administration bowing to industry wishes. More than 100 studies have reported health concerns about bisphenol A, a chemical compound found in many everyday plastics.

But the FDA has decided not to regulate the plastic, citing a conflicting study by the American Plastics Council, which is part of the multibillion-dollar plastics industry. The agency also appears to be unduly swayed by the Weinberg Group. The law firm has successfully worked with industry in the past to delay government regulation on—among other products—tobacco, Teflon and agent orange.  Read Layton here.  MB

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