Consumers turn away from products with BPA

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September 17, 2008 - Increasingly, consumers prefer bisphenol A (BPA)-free products. Several retailers plan to shift away from products containing BPA, which some studies have linked to developmental, reproductive health problems. “With increased public awareness of toxic chemical hazards, consumers aren’t waiting for government regulators to act before changing their buying patterns to products they perceive as safer,” says Richard Liroff, PhD, executive director of Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN), Washington, DC, publisher of Public Awareness Drives Market for Safer Alternatives: Bisphenol A Market Analysis Report. Report analyzes market trends for companies that make products containing BPA as well as businesses developing, selling BPA-free products.


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