DENVER - Bisphenol-A, also known as BPA, has been linked to health risks, including cancer and heart disease.
Monday, a bill was introduced in the state House to limit exposure to the chemical.
Rep. Daniel Kagan (D-Englewood) introduced his consumer protection act, which would ban the use of BPA in baby bottles and pacifiers.
BPA is also found in household plastics.
Research has shown that the chemical can leak into food from containers that are made with BPA.
"Six or seven states have banned BPA in some form or another. In those states, it has been totally successful. The BPA baby bottles and sippy cups have just stopped going into the states. But the states that haven't yet banned BPA are the ones where these BPA containing bottles and sippy cups are being, sort of, dumped," Kagan said.
The FDA is also taking steps to reduce human exposure to BPA across the country.
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