Bisphenol-A: a Big Tobacco-style cover-up?

That seems to be what Science Blogs just published… an industry memo from the North American Metal Packaging Alliance, Inc. covering strategies for combating the growing scientific consensus that the BPA in our drinking bottles and baby-food jars is doing bad things to our bodies.

They’re worried, the North American Metal Packagers, because it looks like Connecticut will be following Minnesota in banning BPA packaging… and will likely be followed by California, Oregon and Hawaii, as well as two states that really matter: WalMart and Toys “R” Us.