Dive Summary:

• The French senate recently finalized legislation to ban the use of BPA in baby food containers by next year and all food containers by 2015.
• PlasticsEurope, the largest plastics lobby and market group, has slammed the French government over the ruling, claiming the banning of BPA has no safety effect on the consumer directly contradicts EU law.
• The situation is made all the more volatile by recently published studies that call into question the validity of research showing BPA's harmful effect on humans.

From the article:

PlasticsEurope has said the French Senate decision to ban BPA "has no safety benefit for consumers, disregards European law and risk assessment, and severely distorts the internal and international market". The Senate rubber stamped plans yesterday to ban BPA in baby food packaging next year and all food containers by 2015.