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Top Six Baby Bottle Makers Stop Using BPA
March 10, 2009 – 5:27 am | 3 Comments

The top six makers of baby bottles have agreed to stop using bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles after attorneys general in Connecticut, Delaware, and New Jersey asked them to.  The industrial plastic has been …

BPA Lingers in Body Longer Than Expected
January 29, 2009 – 6:27 am | No Comment

Bisphenol A (BPA) is back in the news but no concrete conclusions of its safety have yet been established.  The latest evidence feeding the BPA safety controversy is a study that suggests BPA lingers in …

FDA Wrong About BPA Safety, Says Advisory Panel
October 30, 2008 – 5:31 am | 2 Comments

The committee of experts advising the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) commissioner released a report that says the FDA is wrong about the safety of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical compound used throughout the …

NTP Report on Bisphenol A
September 5, 2008 – 7:32 am | One Comment

The federal government’s top toxicologists report “concerns” over bisphenol A (BPA), the controversial chemical in many of the nation’s favorite plastic beverage containers, after a full investigation of the chemical suspected of causing problems with …

The BPA Controversy: What’s A Person To Do?
April 22, 2008 – 4:36 pm | 7 Comments

There’s been a lot of media attention lately placed on the safety, or non-safety, of ingesting foods and beverages packaged in polycarbonate containers made from the chemical bisphenol A (BPA). BPA is most often …

Canada To Begin Ban on BPA Baby Bottles
April 19, 2008 – 4:07 pm | 4 Comments

Officials for the Canadian health and environmental ministries announced on Friday that the polycarbonate BPA (bisphenol-a) has been officially declared toxic and it is likely that a complete ban on manufacture of BPA-containing baby bottles …

More BPA-Free Baby Bottles Coming Soon
April 19, 2008 – 9:08 am | No Comment

Nalgene Outdoor Products, the Rochester, New York, company that manufactures the popular water bottles and baby bottles characterized by hard, clear plastic that is almost impossible to break has announced that they will no longer …

Baby Formula Bottles Often Toxic
April 16, 2008 – 5:17 am | 32 Comments

The chemical Bisphenol A (BPA), widely used to make plastic packaging products, has just been declared toxic enough to be linked to a host of severe developmental and reproductive disorders common all across the United …