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ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2024

The Conflict between Regulatory Agencies over the 20,000-Fold Lowering of the Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) for Bisphenol A (BPA) by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Frederick S Vom Saal, Michael Antoniou, Scott M Belcher, Ake Bergman, Ramji K Bhandari, Linda S Birnbaum, Aly Cohen, Terrence J Collins, Barbara Demeneix, Anne Marie Fine and 31 more

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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41 authors at 20 institutions in 9 countries.

Frederick S Vom SaalDivision of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0488-3264
Michael AntoniouDepartment of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College London School of Medicine, London, UK.
Scott M BelcherDepartment of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Ake BergmanDepartment of Environmental Science (ACES), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ramji K BhandariDivision of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
Linda S BirnbaumScientist Emeritus and Former Director, National Toxicology Program (NTP), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Aly CohenIntegrative Rheumatology Associates, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
Terrence J CollinsDepartment of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Barbara DemeneixComparative Physiology Laboratory, Natural History Museum, Paris, France.
Anne Marie FineEnvironmental Medicine Education International, Mancos, Colorado, USA.
Jodi A FlawsDepartment of Comparative Biosciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA.
Veronique GayrardToxAlim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
William H GoodsonCalifornia Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA.
Andrea C GoreDivision of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Jerrold J HeindelHealthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptor Strategies, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Patricia A HuntSchool of Molecular Biosciences, Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.
Taisen IguchiGraduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
Christopher D KassotisInstitute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Andreas KortenkampCentre for Pollution Research and Policy, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK.
Robin MesnageDepartment of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College London School of Medicine, London, UK.
Jane MunckeFood Packaging Forum Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland.
John Peterson MyersEnvironmental Health Sciences, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Angel NadalInstituto de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Biotecnología Sanitaria de Elche (IDiBE) and CIBERDEM, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Elche, Alicante, Spain.
Retha R NewboldScientist Emeritus, NTP, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Vasantha PadmanabhanDepartment of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Paola PalanzaUnit of Neuroscience, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Zandra PalmaPalmaMD, Miami, Florida, USA.
Stefano ParmigianiUnit of Evolutionary and Functional Biology, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Lyn PatrickEnvironmental Medicine Education International, Mancos, Colorado, USA.
Gail S PrinsDepartment of Urology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Cheryl S RosenfeldBiomedical Sciences, Thompson Center for Autism and Neurobehavioral Disorders, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
Niels E SkakkebaekDepartment of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Carlos SonnenscheinDepartment of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ana M SotoDepartment of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Shanna H SwanDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
Julia A TaylorDivision of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
Pierre-Louis ToutainRoyal Veterinary College, University of London, London, UK.
Frank A von HippelDepartment of Community, Environment & Policy, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Wade V WelshonsDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
Daniel ZalkoToxAlim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
R Thomas ZoellerDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
University of Missouri · USKing's College London · GBToxicologie Alimentaire · FRTufts University · USUniversity of Parma · ITBrunel University of London · GBCalifornia Pacific Medical Center · USCarnegie Mellon University · USDuke University · USFood Packaging Forum FoundationIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USMuséum national d'Histoire naturelle · FRNorth Carolina State University · USResearch Triangle Park Foundation · USStockholm University · SEThe University of Texas at Austin · USUniversitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx · ESUniversity of Arizona · USUniversity of Copenhagen · DKUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Strategic Vision & Impact on Environmental HealthP30ES017885 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Dana Dolinoy · 2011 to 2026
$21.3M
Pilot Program CoreP30ES027792 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Gokhan M. Mutlu, Gail S Prins · 2017 to 2026
$13.6M
Germline transmission of epigenetic alterations to offspringR01ES032452 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO · PI Ramji Kumar Bhandari · 2022 to 2026
$1.7M
Germline transmission of epigenetic alterations to offspring induced by bisphenol A exposureR21ES027123 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO · PI BHANDARI, RAMJI KUMAR · 2017 to 2019
$490k
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES017885NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES027792NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES032452NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES027123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recommended lowering their estimated tolerable daily intake (TDI) for bisphenol A (BPA) 20,000-fold to

objectivesWe identify the flaws in the assumptions that the German BfR, as well as the FDA, have used to justify maintaining the TDI for BPA at levels above what a vast amount of academic research shows to cause harm. We argue that regulatory agencies need to incorporate 21st century science into chemical hazard identifications using the CLARITY-BPA (Consortium Linking Academic and Regulatory Insights on BPA Toxicity) nonguideline academic studies in a collaborative government-academic program model. DISCUSSION: We strongly endorse EFSA's revised TDI for BPA and support the European Commission's (EC) apparent acceptance of this updated BPA risk assessment. We discuss challenges to current chemical risk assessment assumptions about EDCs that need to be addressed by regulatory agencies to, in our opinion, become truly protective of public health. Addressing these challenges will hopefully result in BPA, and eventually other structurally similar bisphenols (called regrettable substitutions) for which there are known adverse effects, being eliminated from all food-related and many other uses in the EU and elsewhere. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP13812.

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Benzhydryl CompoundsPhenolsBisphenol A CompoundsFood SafetyHumansNo-Observed-Adverse-Effect LevelSystematic Reviews as TopicBenzhydryl Compoundsbisphenol ABisphenol A CompoundsPhenols

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PMID38592230
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