When we first had our son over eight months ago, the gifts and registry items started to pour in. Then, we started talking about our new journey into parenthood with some new parents - enter the BPA scare! Were our new bottles, nipples, pacifiers, teething rings, etc. BPA Free? Anything that was not BPA Free was returned or thrown out!
BPA - or Bisphenol A - is a chemical used to make plastic bottles clear and shatter proof. There are several recent studies that point to adverse affects in animal test studies with even low levels of BPA. A recent American Medical Assoc study reported a strong link between high levels of BPA and heart disease and diabetes. If these reports have any truth to them, then companies should not be selling products containing BPA and parents should not be buying these products. Eight months ago, we ended up buying these tremendous sized, funny orange colored pacifiers from Holland that were very costly, just because they were BPA Free. At the time, most major companies like Dr. Browns, Avent, and Born Free did not produce BPA free pacifiers. At least now, they all have BPA Free products!
I was happy to learn the other day that Senator Charles Schumer unveiled new legislation to ban the controversial toxic chemical BPA nationwide from all food and beverage containers marketed for children 3 years old and under. Interesting how Canada became the first nation to forbid sales of BPA last year!
*picture above is from NY Post, Tuesday, March 31, article by Andy Soltis
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I sure am, and as the cook and grocer of the household, it's difficult because of the BPA plastic lining in canned goods. Eden brand canned foods use an epoxy made from trees that do not leech BPA. Otherwise even if it's organic, it's BPA if it's in a can. I'm having a tough time finding tomatoes in boxes since all (even Eden brand) canned tomatoes are one of the worst for BPA.
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