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NGOs and review experts have welcomed the European Food Safety Authority's proposed protocol for a fresh hazard assessment of bisphenol A (BPA), according to comments submitted during a public consultation.

"The ambition to use systematic methods, where possible, is laudable and if successful can be expected to greatly advance the validity and transparency of the findings of the hazard assessment," said Paul Whaley from Lancaster University, who is also associate editor for systematic reviews at the journal Environment International.

However, he is concerned that including narrative methods may undermine the systematic review approach. He would expect a systematic review journal to reject the protocol as "overcomplicated and compromised by the ad hoc introduction of inadequate approaches".

https://chemicalwatch.com/58518/ngos-welcome-efsas-approach-to-bpa-review