Bisphenol A: Plastic in my drink?

Bisphenol A - a lot lately in the media because of its potential effects on health and environment - is the main component in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastic, 'hard' plastic. There is a market directly involved in about 1.7 billion per year indirectly and many tens of billions per year (packaging, CDs, computers ...). According to government and industry there is insufficient evidence