This is the situation currently unfolding at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where regulators have until March 31 to comply with a consent judgment by responding to a petition by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to ban the use of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging, food containers and other materials likely to be ingested or to come into contact with food.

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By the time she was born, I was already turning heads at Pioneer Packaging, helping to make antifreeze containers that were more translucent than previously thought possible.

NPR: Chapter 1

In Germany, a surprise government clampdown on non-returnable containers had "negatively impacted" sales, as supermarkets spurned goods sold in non-recyclable packaging.

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