Sunoco Initiates Action to Stop Use of BPA in Products for Children

In a letter to investors, a Sunoco spokesperson reportedly stated that the gas and chemical maker will not sell bisphenol A (BPA) to companies for use in food and beverage containers for children younger than age 3. Referring to the company’s plan to require customers to guarantee that BPA will not be used in this way, Sunoco’s head of public relations, Thomas Golembeski, was quoted as saying, “We will no longer sell BPA to customers who cannot make this promise.” Environmental advocates reportedly called the initiative a “sea change” for a company that once purportedly defended the chemical and appears now to be acknowledging concern about BPA’s safety. See Journal Sentinel, March 12, 2009.