Baby Bottle BPA Bye Bye
| Fri Mar. 6, 2009 1:28 PM PST
Today's heartening public health news from WebMD:
The top six makers of baby bottles in the U.S. have agreed to stop using the polycarbonate plastic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in their bottles...
The FDA is studying bisphenol A, but hasn't issued any warnings about BPA in baby bottles or other consumer products.
But the National Toxicology Program issued a report last year that includes "some concern" about BPA's possible effects on the brain, prostate gland, and on behavior in fetuses, infants, and children, and "minimal concern" for effects on the mammary gland and an earlier age for female puberty in fetuses, infants, and children.
Read MoJo's Plastic Panic investigation for a primer on BPA.
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Still almost a year after
Submitted by Stylish Dog (not verified) on Sat Mar. 7, 2009 11:56 AM PST.
the Canadian government did the right thing for babies and parents by banning it in baby bottles.
And it's pretty disturbing that it was the result of pressure from attorneys general of Delaware and New Jersey - not the FDA who are 'still studying it'.
I hope the FDA will soon be fit for purpose.
i was shocked.....
Submitted by rodgerlvu (not verified) on Thu May. 14, 2009 9:20 PM PDT.
i was shocked.....
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