resin

s for food packaging and polycarbonate baby bottles. A study for the Center for Disease Control found that babies fed this way were the most

exposed to

the chemical, consuming up to 13 micrograms of BPA each day per kilogram of body weight.

A United Nations report says amphetamine-type stimulants now provide the major illicit drug threat in much of South and East Asia. The UN says the highly addictive stimulants have

supplanted

heroin, opium and marijuana, and pose a serious challenge to law enforcement.

The report says political instability in Burma has helped make it the prime regional source of methamphetamine with loose control over its borders, making it ideal for drug production and trafficking.

Three teenage boys who were drifting in the Pacific Ocean for more than seven weeks have been found alive. The boys from the island of Tokelau disappeared in a small boat in early October. They were

presume

d dead after search planes found no trace of them. A fisherman from New Zealand, Tai Fredricsen, told the BBC how he found them off the coast of Fiji nearly 1,500km away.

"One of my crew members was standing on watch at the time, and he noticed something floating on the horizon. And as we drew closer, we realised it was a small craft, we realised there were people inside this craft. There was no mainland or any real islands around. So we

drew up

to them, and I did ask them if they needed any help, and their reply was a very