In April, the Health & Environment Alliance, Women in Europe for a Common Future and the European Environment Bureau responded with an open letter to a recent statement from the French Minister for Health on Bisphenol A (BPA).

The French Minister for Health recently stated that the Canadian ban of BPA was not based on scientific research. In a recent address to French Deputies, Madame Roselyne Bachelot stated that the Canadian decision to ban to the dangerous substance Bisphenol A (BPA) was only due to public pressure, and was not based on any ‘serious scientific study’. Leading environment and health NGOs have rejected this claim, highlighting that the law was passed under the rules of the Canadian environmental protection law, which provides a risk assessment based on scientific analysis.

Read the open letter to Madame Roselyne Bachelot by Women in Europe for a Common Future, HEAL and EEB.