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SIGG, Where Are My Replacement Water Bottles?
Back in August, SIGG USA announced that metal, plastic-lined water bottles it had sold as "BPA-free" did, in fact, have plastic liners containing BPA. While the company insisted that the chemical didn't leach into water. Reader Cassi owned eight bottles, and decided to participate in Sigg's exchange program. Too bad the "exchange" part of the transaction isn't going very smoothly. More » -
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SIGG Will Replace BPA-Containing Bottles For Free
Last week, Swiss company SIGG splashed a bunch of ice water in the faces of consumers who go out of their way to avoid products containing bisphenol-A (BPA). The company announced that the linings formerly used in their aluminum bottles did, in fact, contain the controversial substance.
Now they plan to make up for the misunderstanding with an offer of free replacement bottles. More »
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Water Bottles Marketed To BPA-Fearing Parents Contained BPA All Along
I may as well attach my Nalgene bottles to myself with steel cables, but it seems like everyone is switching over to metal bottles because of the public's new-found fear of plastic additive bisphenol-A (BPA.) One of the major manufacturers of aluminum bottles, Sigg, recently admitted that the plastic liners of their metal bottles kind of, um, contained BPA. Cue uproar. More » -
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Consumer Advocate/Plastics Industry Showdown In California
Ten years ago, Consumers Union (publisher of Consumer Reports and owner of Consumerist) warned us all about the potential danger from bisphenol A (BPA) leeching from plastic containers into our food. It's only in recent years that municipalities got around to banning the chemical—at least in containers designed for use by infants and small children. More » -
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Comprehensive Food Safety Reform Moves Forward In Congress
The House Energy and Commerce Committee just approved comprehensive food safety reform, setting it up for consideration on the House floor in the coming months. The Food Safety Enhancement Act was approved by voice vote, indicating bipartisan support and suggesting a relatively smooth passage through the entire House. More » -
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Industry Brainstorms How To Convince Consumers BPA Isn't The Devil
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. More » -
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Chicago Bans BPA In Baby Bottles
The Chicago City Council has voted to ban the controversial chemical BPA in baby bottles, says the Associated Press. More » -
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Minnesota Becomes First State To Ban BPA
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) -
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Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has signed the nation's first BPA ban into law. The law bans BPA from empty children's containers like sippy cups and bottles, and will go into effect in 90 days. The infants of Long Island just got a little safer.
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No More BPA Baby Bottles In US?
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. More » -
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Suffolk County Bans Bisphenol-A In Baby Bottles
Suffolk County, New York enacted the nation's first Bisphenol-A (BPA) ban on Tuesday when it voted to ban BPA from bottles for children 3 and under. More » -
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Chicago Considering A Partial Ban On Bisphenol-A Products
Chicago might become the first place in the United States to partially ban the sale of products that contain Bisphenol-A (BPA), the chemical that some studies have shown may have harmful effects on humans. They're proposing to forbid the sale of any BPA product intended for children. Canada banned the chemical last year, but the FDA has so far come down on the side of manufacturers. More » -
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Study Finds Bisphenol-A Can Enter Your Body Through Non-Food Sources
A new study from the University of Rochester shows that bisphenol-A (BPA), a potentially toxic chemical found in many plastics, can enter the body via non-food sources and lingers in the body longer than previously thought. More » -
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BPA Levels Higher In Those With Heart Disease Or Diabetes
Another report measuring the negative effects of bisphenol A (BPA), the chemical found in plastics that Canada has banned and that the U.S. continues to fight over, has been released. Today the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study that found that:
those with the largest amount of BPA in their urine had nearly three times the risk of heart disease and more than twice the risk of diabetes as those who had the lowest levels.
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Confirmed: BPA Will Harm Your Monkey
The bisphenol-A (BPA) saga continues, this time with a study that tried to replicate the ongoing environmental exposure to BPA that the average American faces, only with monkeys instead of rodents. The Washington Post reports:
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have linked [BPA] to problems with brain function and mood disorders in monkeys—the first time the chemical has been connected to health problems in primates.
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FDA Declares Bisphenol A Safe
Bisphenol A, or BPA, is the chemical used in various plastic bottles and can linings that Canada recently banned, consumers in Arkansas, California, and Ohio have filed lawsuits over, and Playtex and Nalgene have stopped using. The fear is that it's toxic—studies on animals in Canada have shown that it's damaging, and some tests in the U.S. suggest it's harmful to humans as well. Critics of the anti-BPA movement point out that the human studies rely on super high dosages that never occur in real life, and that making safety decisions based on the general public's fears isn't exactly scientific.
Now—right before California decides whether to ban BPA in children's products—the FDA has revisited its earlier studies and reaffirmed that "the trace amounts of bisphenol A that leach out of food containers are not a threat to infants or adults." More »
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You can get a free Playtex Drop-Ins "nursing system" via this page. It's apparently their way of saying, "Look! We don't use BPA anymore!" [Playtex Baby]
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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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