Full Text of SR0707 95th General Assembly
SR0707 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Bisphenol A (BPA) is found in many general | 3 |
| plastics, such as food and drink packaging, baby bottles, | 4 |
| thermoses, and other reusable plastic containers, and is used | 5 |
| as an epoxy can liner, coating items such as food cans, | 6 |
| bottles, and water supply pipes, and in the production of | 7 |
| polycarbonate plastics; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon the request of the Commissioner of Food and | 9 |
| Drugs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formed an | 10 |
| agency-wide BPA task force to facilitate the cross-agency | 11 |
| review of current research and new information on BPA for all | 12 |
| FDA regulated products; as a result of this review, the task | 13 |
| force will make recommendations to the Commissioner regarding | 14 |
| next steps; and
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| WHEREAS, Part of this evaluation will include the FDA Task | 16 |
| Force reviewing the concerns presented in the National | 17 |
| Toxicology Program Draft Brief published on April 14, 2008 by | 18 |
| the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the concerns | 19 |
| presented in the Canadian draft risk assessment released in | 20 |
| April 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, The FDA has been reviewing the emerging literature | 22 |
| on BPA on a continuous basis and has recently completed a |
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| review of the available biological fate data and 2 recently | 2 |
| completed rodent multigeneration reproductive studies, and | 3 |
| these studies did not indicate a safety concern for BPA at | 4 |
| current exposure levels; in addition, the FDA is conducting a | 5 |
| review of the data on neural and behavioral effects of BPA | 6 |
| exposure; and
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| WHEREAS, The FDA will consider the research and positions | 8 |
| of other transnational food safety organizations, including | 9 |
| the 2 risk assessments for BPA conducted by the European Food | 10 |
| Safety Authority Scientific Panel on Food Additives, | 11 |
| Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food | 12 |
| and the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial | 13 |
| Science and Technology; each of these documents considered the | 14 |
| question of a possible low-dose effect and concluded that no | 15 |
| current health risk exists for BPA at the current exposure | 16 |
| level; and
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| WHEREAS, In January 2008, the United States House of | 18 |
| Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce began | 19 |
| reviewing the use of bisphenol A in products intended for use | 20 |
| by infants and children; and
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| WHEREAS, It is altogether fitting and proper and in the | 22 |
| public interest for this Senate to urge the United States Food | 23 |
| and Drug Administration to expedite their current review of |
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| bisphenol A in food containers, toys, and baby bottles; | 2 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 4 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the United | 5 |
| States Food and Drug Administration to expedite their current | 6 |
| review of bisphenol A; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 8 |
| delivered to the President and Vice President of the United | 9 |
| States, the Commissioner of the United States Food and Drug | 10 |
| Administration, and each member of the Illinois congressional | 11 |
| delegation.
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