One of the key scientists who advised the EU Food Safety Authority on Bisphenol A has received financial support from the polycarbonate Bisphenol A industry. Although the scientist himself declared this to agency, the fact is not declared on the final EFSA opinion, nor in the minutes of the meeting which agreed it. Wolfgang Dekant, a member of the scientific panel responsible for the dossier, received an "honorarium" from the Polycarbonate BPA Global Group for an article in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology published April this year which looked at levels of BPA in humans and how best to measure these. Prof Dekant was present at the working group when EFSA formulated its response to the EC about how the foetus and children metabolise BPA. This followed Canada's announcement that it planned to ban the chemical in feeding bottles.
