Posted AT 4:41 AM EDT on 20/06/07
Scientist's endorsement of bisphenol A under review
The head of the Health Canada scientific team studying the safety of bisphenol A has been abruptly reassigned, while the department investigates claims he is too biased in favour of the chemical to objectively analyze it.
Speaking at a medical conference in the U.S. in March, Mark Richardson, manager of Health Canada's contaminated-sites division, endorsed the use of bisphenol A after he had been selected to undertake a review of the health impacts of the chemical.
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