This episode tells the story of why it took the EU Commission decades to ban BPA, a substance present in baby bottles and which can lead to decreased fertility, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular issues.

This is the second episode of Corporate Europe Observatory's new podcast series “What's going wrong, and how to put it right?”.

Text editing by Sarah Reader, fact checking and research by Olivier Hoedeman, Kenneth Haar and Moritz Neujeffski, sound design and editing by Gui Calegari and graphic design by José Torres, script and hosting by Joana Louçã.