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TORONTO — Canada declared a chemical widely used in food packaging a toxic substance Saturday and will now move to ban plastic baby bottles containing bisphenol A.
The toxic classification, issued in the Canada Gazette, makes Canada the first country to classify the chemical commonly used in the lining of food cans, eyeglass lenses and hundreds of household items as risky.
Canada’s announcement came six months after its health ministry labeled BPA as dangerous. Baby bottles frequently contain BPA, used to harden plastic and make it shatterproof.
