ROCKVILLE, Md. — BPA is used in lightweight, durable plastics. Products include some baby bottles, sippy cups and reusable food and drink containers, such as reusable sports water bottles and Tupperware, compact discs, DVDs, eyeglass lenses and sports safety goggles and helmets. Recyclable, soft plastic bottles made for soft drinks and bottled water don’t contain BPA. Some manufacturers are phasing out BPA in some products and Tupperware’s website says it does not use BPA in children’s products sold in the United States and Canada. BPA is also in epoxy resins used to make paints, adhesives and canned food liners. Government toxicology scientists say that to reduce exposure, people can avoid non-recyclable plastic containers that have the number 7 on the bottom; avoid using these plastics in the microwave, and don’t wash them in the dishwasher with harsh detergents. A hormone-like chemical should be taken out of food packaging, especially baby bottles, infant formula cans and other products used by children and pregnant women, university researchers and consumer advocates told a Food and Drug Administration subcommittee Tuesday. The FDA has said that the chemical, bisphenol A, or BPA, doesn’t pose a risk at the levels […]