Plastic baby bottles may increase risk of cancer…
Posted
August 6, 2007 at
12:50 pm by
Jessica
A seemingly new possible hazard found in “modern life” — if you give your baby expressed breast milk or formula in a plastic bottle, hormones may be leeching out of the plastic and into the liquid.
[I]n a news briefing Thursday, a separate group of university and government scientists said they have reached their own conclusion -– that there is ample reason to fear that the chemical is, in fact, causing adverse human health effects -– including possible abnormal development of reproductive organs and predisposition to cancer.
The chemical in question, bisphenol A (BPA), the basic building block of polycarbonate plastic, also mimics the female hormone estrogen. An estimated 95 percent of Americans have it flowing through their bodies – and Texas is a major producer of the chemical.
What’s a mother to do?
There are already indications that the public is taking notice. Baby bottles and sippy cups made without BPA are on the market; a popular baby book has recommended buying products free of BPA; and Norway has proposed a ban on BPA.
Born Free bottles claim to be BPA free, available at Target. Also, colored Gerber and Evenflo bottles are promoted as BPA free, according to www.healthobservatory.org, who has an internet brochure available on what’s safe and what’s not.
Tags: baby-bottles, bisphenol-A, Born-Free-bottles, BPA, chemicals, Health, hormones, polycarbonate-plastic |
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1. Jeremiah said:
August 8, 2007 @ 12:03 pm
The information contained in the brochure you link to is inaccurate, at least in its Evenflo information. This may be a simple matter of the brochure’s contents being outdated as far as what companies are currently manufacturing. Customer service representatives at Evenflo have confirmed for us on multiple occasions that the company currently sells no plastic bottles that are not made of polycarbonate plastic.
Z Recommends has a far-reaching roundup of which bottles from which manufacturers are BPA-free. This information is based on calls to customer service centers for all major companies and asking for plastics information for each line of bottles they produce. We also rank the companies according to their cooperation and apparent level of concern about this issue.
You can access our guide information at the link in my signature. Thanks for helping to educate consumers about bisphenol-A.