Many of the academic studies did not meet the standards, Dekant says.

NPR: Waiting On Science To Say If Plastic Chemical Is Safe

In contrast, larger studies that met the standards found no risk from BPA, even with exposures hundreds of times higher than most people get, Dekant says.

NPR: Waiting On Science To Say If Plastic Chemical Is Safe

That's because they typically require studies that meet a long list of criteria, says Wolfgang Dekant, a toxicologist at the University of Wuerzburg in Germany and a member of a panel that reviewed BPA research a few years ago for the European Food Safety Authority.

NPR: Waiting On Science To Say If Plastic Chemical Is Safe