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Board keeps BPA restrictions in amended toys and child products ordinance after divided vote
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to retain restrictions on bisphenol A (BPA) in toys and childcare products after a procedural divided question failed and the amended health-code ordinance passed on first reading.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted on April 17 to keep restrictions on bisphenol A — commonly called BPA — in an amended city health-code ordinance that governs toys, childcare products and child feeding products.
The action followed a procedural divided question from Supervisor Daly aimed at restoring BPA restrictions that the legislation sought to remove. Deputy City Attorney Adams explained the effect of the divided question: “the legislation before you removes the restrictions on BPA … [and] in doing so, essentially, what he did would be to add those — readd those restrictions back into the legislation.” The board voted…
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