Bisphenol A Free Baby Bottles

Bpa free baby bottles and sippy cups by heather eng may 28 2008.

Bisphenol a free baby bottles.

Look for infant formula that is bpa free. As bpa may migrate into infant formula preparations from polycarbonate baby bottles there is a special concern about its possible effect on the development of infants and young children. Use bottles made of opaque plastic. With the canadian government banning all baby bottles made with bisphenol a bpa and wal mart pulling some bpa bottles off.

Many brands of bottles sippy cups and other tableware prominently advertise that they are bpa free. Despite the fact that for more than a decade many toxicological studies were carried out world wide there is not yet a full understanding of the impact of bisphenol a bpa on human health. These bottles made of polyethylene or polypropylene do not contain bpa. It was first discovered in the 1890s but chemists in the 1950s realized.

Bpa is a precursor to important plastics primarily certain polycarbonates and. Bisphenol a bpa is an organic synthetic compound with the chemical formula ch 3 2 c c 6 h 4 oh 2 belonging to the group of diphenylmethane derivatives and bisphenols with two hydroxyphenyl groups it is a colorless solid that is soluble in organic solvents but poorly soluble in water 0 344 wt at 83 c. The acc petition demonstrated from publicly available information and information collected from industry sources that the use of polycarbonate resins in baby bottles and sippy cups had been. Avoid clear plastic baby bottles or containers with the recycling number 7 and the letters pc imprinted on them.

Many brands no longer contain bpa in the can.