Are BPA Free Baby Bottles Worth The Price

This morning of Queensland radio two doctors essentially came out and said the whole BPA baby bottle scare was not necessary and was far less important than the concerns surrounding cancers caused by smoking, excessive drinking & obesity.

I am not a scientist, or a doctor, but and I do consider myself an expert from a more practical level and I say they are incorrect and the overwhelming proof I have of that is the following few points:

• Canada thought it was so important it banned BPA in all baby bottles
  
  
• Every major baby bottle manufacturer in the U.S, as of December last year, thought BPA was so important that they all agreed to stop using it. This decision was made at what they described as a 'critical meeting'
  
  
• Avent Australia thinks it's so important that they will cease selling the Avent Polycarbonate baby bottles, that contains BPA, later this year

So, are BPA Free Worth The Effort & Price? I say if there is just the tiniest doubt, then, YES.

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My Baby Has Pubic Hair

We received a phone call earlier on last week, that happened to coincide with the stories this week on Today Tonight and the Today Show about BPA, and it’s affect on our babies.

The phone call was from a woman, let’s call her Jane, who had recently discovered that her baby had grown pubic hair much to her astonishment and immense concern, and ours for that matter.

If you would like to read the rest of this story see it here.

BPA, Have Your Say

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BPA In The News In A Big Way

Over the last two days there has finally been a massive upheaval in the world of baby bottles that contain BPA, thanks mostly to reports on channel 9 both on the Today Show on the 11.1.10 and the 12.1.10, and on Today Tonight on the night of the 11.1.10- awesome.

Not only were the reports great to hear but the Today Show was kind enough to give us a massive plug on their website for both the 'baby bottle' and 'safe plastic stories' over the last few days, for that we are very grateful – though we have been pioneers for many years.

I would however like to clear one thing up that was discussed on yesterday’s program and that was plastic number 7. The Today Show claimed that number 7 was indeed very toxic and it was suggested to avoid number 7 at all costs. This is in fact incorrect.
The number 7 is a catch-all category that includes anything that does not come within the other six categories. As such, one must be careful in interpreting this category because it includes Polycarbonate – a dangerous plastic that contains BPA and which most baby bottles are made of – but it also includes the new, safer, biodegradable bio-based plastics made from renewable resources such as corn, and potato starch, and sugar cane that baby BPA free baby bottles such as Avent BPA Free & Thinkbaby BPA Free are made of.

Polycarbonate is used in most plastic baby bottles, clear plastic “sippy cups”, Nalgene brand and other “sports” water bottles water storage containers, metal food can liners, some juice and tomato sauce containers, compact discs, cell phones, computers. Polycarbonate leaches Bisphenol A (some effects described above), and numerous studies have indicated a wide array of possible adverse effects from low-level exposure to Bisphenol A: Chromosome damage in female ovaries, decreased sperm production in males, early onset of puberty, various behavioural changes, altered immune function, and sex reversal in frogs.

I hope that makes sense, if it does not please leave a reply.

Study Finds BPA Babies More Aggressive

Canada – Babies, whose mothers were exposed to bisphenol A (BPA) whilst pregnant, have recently been found to show aggressive and hyperactive behaviours as two-year-olds, a new study shows.

The BPA study, conducted by students at the University of North Carolina and British Columbia's Simon Fraser University is the first to scrutinise the connection between prenatal BPA exposure and behavioural issues in babies and young children.
The results from the Canadian study showed that girls whose mothers had been exposed to BPA during pregnancy demonstrated much more "externalised" behaviour than average two-year-old girls. This essentially means that the children studied showed more aggressive tendencies and hyperactivity.

The study calculated BPA levels in urine samples taken from 249 pregnant women in Cincinnati, Ohio, at 16 and 26 weeks of pregnancy, then again at birth. The children were assessed for behavioural problems at the age of two through a series of questionnaires that were completed by parents.

While there was a measurable increase in aggressive behaviour among girls, the study also showed some evidence of increased depression and anxiousness among BPA-exposed boys.

Last October, Canada became the first country to formally declare BPA hazardous to human health, and to officially inform the baby-product industry it would no longer be able to use the chemical in baby bottles.

Canada To Host Meeting On BPA

Ottawa - In October 2010, Canada will be the host on one of the most important meetings to to with BPA ever held, this is no coincidence seeing Canada was the first country to ban BPA in baby bottles. The meeting will also discuss BPA being used in food packaging.

A World Health Organisation meeting on the role of bisphenol A (BPA) — a hormone disrupter that can cause the early onset of puberty, reproductive damage and lead to the development of prostate and breast cancer — will take place in Ottawa in October 2010.

In what he called a "precautionary and prudent" move, then health minister Tony Clement in October 2008 added the chemical to Health Canada's toxic substance list, and banned its use in baby bottles. BPA, a building block in polycarbonate plastic, is also found in some sports bottles and the lining of metal-based food cans.

At that time, Clement also announced a three-year, $1.7 million research fund to study the effects of BPA.

Tuesday's statement said these findings will be submitted to experts as part of the review.