bisphenol a
As studies continue to link bisphenol-A (
BPA) with all sorts of health problems,
states and
cities are banning the chemical from
baby bottles and sippy cups and Congress is considering a ban in all food containers. This worries industry groups, who last week held a private meeting to devise strategy to protect the use of BPA. Someone sent the notes to the
Washington Post.
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Minnesota has enacted the "
Toxic Free Kids Act," which will ban bisphenol-A (BPA) in
sippy cups and
baby bottles. Minnesota joins Suffolk County, New York, which banned BPA
earlier this year. Other states and counties, as well as the federal government, are considering bans on the potentially dangerous chemical, which has been linked to all sorts of adverse health effects. The Minnesota ban goes into effect in 2011. (Photo:
tiffanywashko)
babies
Philips Avent, the nation's largest seller of
baby bottles, announced today that it will voluntarily stop selling bottles containing the controversial chemical
bisphenol A (BPA). Attorneys general from Connecticut and New Jersey had written a letter to several bottle makers asking them to stop, and the Washington Post says the
six largest baby bottle manufacturers in the country have voluntarily complied.
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lawsuits
A woman in Arkansas has filed a federal lawsuit against
Playtex Products
over their use of BPA in plastic baby bottles, claiming that the company "failed to adequately disclose that its plastic bottle products are formulated using BPA," according to MSNBC. The suit is seeking class action status, which would make it the second BPA-related class action lawsuit after the one in California against
Nalge Nunc International (the makers of Nalgene bottles)—although the chemical is still not classified as toxic in the U.S.
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health
There's nothing official about
BPA in the U.S. (yet), and there's no legal reason (again, yet) for a company to refund or replace any products that have BPA in them. But with Canada's newly awarded "toxic" status on the chemical last week, and the subsequent announcements by
Nalgene and
Playtex that they would stop using BPA in their products, what do you think other companies should do? At least one reader who's now stuck with some BPA baby bottles thinks they should offer a refund.
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Consumerist
It's been a few weeks without a BPA story, so here goes: Four parents in Ohio have sued Evenflo, Avent America, Handicraft, Playtex Products, and Novartis for using bisphenol A in their baby products. They're seeking class action status. [Washington Post]
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