Toxic Chemical in Plastic Bottles & Cans Damaging Children’s Brains & Reproductive Organs but Government & Chemical Industry Remain Unconcerned, ENN, April 17, 2008.A federal report finds ‘some concern’ that fetuses, babies and children are at risk from bisphenol A. But plastics industry officials see no serious risk.A controversial, estrogen-like chemical in plastic could be harming the development of children’s brains and reproductive organs, a federal health agency concluded in a report released Tuesday.[ See ]. See original article in National Toxicology Program