The Bisphenol A Problem: Poison Baby Bottles?
There’s been a lot of talk in the news recently about Bisphenol A (or BPA), a chemical found in the plastic used to make water bottles and baby bottles. Both the FDA and the Canadian government had concluded that BPA in polycarbonate bottles meets current safety requirements, but the Canadian government is banning BPA as a “precautionary” step of in products to be used by young children. The FDA announced today that it is finally taking a step in that direction by “re-evaluating” its view on BPA in light of a recent National Toxicology Program report on the compound.
I have to say, I am all for this “better safe than sorry” approach by the Canadians and I hope the FDA follows suit. I think I’d rather NOT expose my child (or any child) to chemicals/toxins if given the choice. Especially after reading what critics of BPA have to say:
- Environment California’s report on Toxic Baby Bottles
- The Work Group for Safe Markets’ PDF: Baby’s Toxic Bottle
- US News & World Report: Report Shows Dangerous Chemicals Can Leach From Baby Bottles
- Children’s Hospital.org: Michael Shannon, MD, MPH, on plastic baby bottles
- Draft of NTP Brief on Bisphenol A (PDF)
- Bisphenol A Free.org– the name says it all
- Our Stolen Future — website of the book that brought BPA to public awareness
2 comments
Hi there,
I couldn’t agree with you more about exercising caution with regards to using Polycarbonate baby feeding bottles, as they contain BPA. Scientists have discovered that BPA leaches out of plastic into the liquid contents of the bottle. They have also proven that the leaching of BPA occurs at room temperature, but greatly increases when the bottle is heated. So think about all those mothers out there putting their Polycarbonate bottle into the microwave to warm up their formula! Obviously the red flags are waving and we all need to be educated about the do’s and dont’s of bottle feeding our babies.
At Milk & Tickles we have developed a baby feeding bottle that is not only BPA free and made from food grade Polypropylene plastic, it also has added features which really makes it the baby feeding bottle of the future!
The Milk & Tickles Color Changing Bottle changes color from purple to pink at 35 degrees celcius. Because 35 degrees celcius is just below body temperature you can make shapes and prints on the bottle with your own hands. This is a terrific new baby product innovation from Australia. The packaging has a funky, retro style to reflect old tried and true values of parenting with cuting edge technology to help make bottle feeding more fun. So put the fun back into bottle feeding.
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Best regards,
Amira @ Milk & Tickles.
Hi Amira! Thanks for the great info!
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