Oh Rats While scientists fight over BPA studies, Congress could just act 0 * Tom Laskawy Posted 2:17 PM on 9 Nov 2009 by Tom Laskawy o More from this author o Subscribe by RSSAuthor Feed * Posted in o Food * Read More About o BPA, o Congress, o FDA, o food, o health * Print * Share * Comment Joining Tom Philpott on the anti-BPA bandwagon, the New York Times columnist Nick Kristof had an op-ed Sunday detailing the mounting evidence against the hormone disrupting chemical. One comment in particular summed up the debate nicely: "When you have 92 percent of the American population exposed to a chemical, this is not one where you want to be wrong," said Dr. Ted Schettler of the Science and Environmental Health Network. "Are we going to quibble over individual rodent studies, or are we going to act?" One of the problems we face when it comes to regulating toxic substances is that the EPA and the FDA aren't generally able to apply a strong "precautionary principle" the way regulators do in... - Shea Gunther