By NADIA PFLAUM

A Lee's Summit mom named Maria Sullivan filed a federal lawsuit today in Kansas City against the makers of baby products containing bisphenol A. The lawsuit, which also lists four other plaintiffs, seeks class-action status for anybody "who purchased plastic baby bottles, bottle liners, and cups containing the synthetic chemical."

Click here to read how Missouri biologist Frederick vom Saal and his team exposed the dangers of bisphenol A — and earned the wrath of the plastic industry.

And click here to read the lawsuit.