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I rang Avent today to complain about the baby bottles I am using and they totally denied knowing anything about what I was talking about - have they been living under a rock over the last few days. Cmon!
ReplyDeleteHi Rebecca
ReplyDeleteI also rang Avent today and had a similar response about it - they must have had a pretty ugly staff meeting Monday morning.
I think that if Avent are not selling their baby bottles that contain BPA in the U.S, they should not be selling them in Australia - that stiks, and typical of local government in this country.
I have been using baby bottles that have bpa for 18 months now. I also just learned that this has been an issue since Canada banned bpa baby bottles last April.
ReplyDeleteHow come not one Doctor, Midwife or anyone mention this to me.
I am so upset.
I think this BPA thing raised issue with not just baby bottle but many other products used in our and babies' everyday life. It is our plastic culture. An extract fr Wiki below showing the huge extend of problem we all are facing:
ReplyDeleteBisphenol A is used primarily to make plastics, and products containing bisphenol A-based plastics have been in commerce for more than 50 years. It is used in the synthesis of polyesters, polysulfones, and polyether ketones, as an antioxidant in some plasticizers, and as a polymerization inhibitor in PVC. It is a key monomer in production of epoxy resins[5][6] and in the most common form of polycarbonate plastic.[7][4][8] Polycarbonate plastic, which is clear and nearly shatter-proof, is used to make a variety of common products including baby and water bottles, sports equipment, medical and dental devices, dental fillings and sealants, eyeglass lenses, CDs and DVDs, and household electronics.[9] Epoxy resins containing bisphenol A are used as coatings on the inside of almost all food and beverage cans,[10] however, due to BPA heatlh concerns, in Japan epoxy coating was mostly replaced by PET film.[11] Bisphenol A is also a precursor to the flame retardant, tetrabromobisphenol A, and was formerly used as a fungicide.[12] Bisphenol A is a preferred color developer in thermal paper[13] and in carbonless copy paper.[14]
Global production of bisphenol A in 2003 was estimated to be over 2 million tonnes.[15] In the U.S., it is manufactured by Bayer MaterialScience, Dow Chemical Company, SABIC Innovative Plastics (formerly GE Plastics), Hexion Specialty Chemicals, and Sunoco Chemicals. In 2004, these companies produced just over 1 million t of bisphenol A, up from just 7,260 t in 1991. In 2003, annual U.S. consumption was 856,000 t, 72% of which was used to make polycarbonate plastic and 21% going into epoxy resins.[9] The amount of BPA used in the US is equivalent to six pounds per habitant per year.[16]
Im having a baby in May, and just about to go and buy baby bottles and accessories. Now I will be sure to get bpa free and I have sent the info to all of my pregnant friends who will do the same. Everyone has told me that they had no idea, and the government doesnt want to tell anyone because big business is seemingly more important to them than consumers.
ReplyDeleteIm also switching to stainless steel water bottles for my kids lunchboxes, and looking at replacing the plastic containers we use for microwave heating at home.
I have a toddler and am pregnant with my second child. Like most people, I have been naively using plastic products and now feel angry and concerned that this information has not been offered to mainstream consumers. Who knows what the long term health effects will be on our children? Could this endocrine disruptor be contributing to the diabetes epidemic and other hormone disorders which are so prevalent all of a sudden these past 20 years? I will now switch to BPA free products for myself and my daughter.
ReplyDeleteI have a 6 month old baby and am a first time Mum and am endeavouring to keep my daughter BPA free. After shopping today for sippy cups and bowls to introduce solids to my baby I have found that so many companies are still using this dangerous chemical in the manufacture of their products and placing or children at risk. I am educating myself about BPA free products and encouraging my family and friends to avoid purchasing items if this chemical is present. I would like to see BPA banned in all products sold in Australia in the future as I think it is a small price to pay for our childrens health.
ReplyDeleteonce again our governmnet is putting profit before people and allowing everyday products to be made from this potentially harmfull product. Our government wont act but we can by supporting companies that produce BPA free products etc. Only then when demand over takes supply will companies of our capital society make changes. BPA free all the way for my new baby and generation of babies to come.
ReplyDeleteI was vaguely aware of the BPA issue when pregnant (10 months ago) and purchased some BPA-free products, which everyone laughed at me and said I was being paranoid. I had 2 BPA-free bottles (Avent) but the remainder of my stock wasn't. Now I've ditched all the non-BPA-free ones and am purchasing what I should have done 10 months ago. Thankfully my little angel has only been on bottles for the past month or so as I managed to breast-feed up until then (the teeth were the clincher - literally!!) but I'm still so concerned about all the other plastic products I've purchased (incl pacifiers) and am now reading the fine print on EVERY product I buy.
ReplyDeleteI'm absolutely gobsmacked that the Govt can feel fine about these products still being on the market and available for our next generation... it is a disgrace.
This whole thing is really scary. Unfortunately, like most mums I have already used these plastic bottles for my previous child so it remains to be seen what long term effects this could now have on her. I have a 5 month old baby and am now replacing all my bottles to try and get her BPA free but as for the 5 months just gone...its just all so scary. Our government should be ashamed of themselves.
ReplyDeleteHaving used Avent bottles and accessories for 2 1/2 years now with both of my daughters I am extremely concerned about any heath issues that my arise due to the use of bottles and dummies containing BPA. How can a company continue to sell these products in Australia when they are banned overseas? I understand that Avent have now brought out a BPA free range however I will no longer be supporting this company which I once trusted with the health of my children. Im sure there are many other families that will feel the same way.
ReplyDeletePrevious to all the publicity about BPA it was so hard to know which products to buy, most shop assistants would treat you like another paranoid mum... Our 3 year old went from breast to sippy cup, and hopefully so will our 8 month old, but the plastic in those can be just as harmful. Not to mention food storage and ice cube trays etc for introducing solids. It is sad that it has to get to this point before the government even thinks about regulations or disseminating useful information to households. The amount of plastic we as a society uses is scary, BPA is perhaps just the start of realised danger.
ReplyDeleteAbout 3 years ago I came across an article outlining the possible dangers of plastic baby bottles, and switched to glass bottles. I also got stainless steel drink bottles and lunch boxes for the older kids. At that time I couldn't source them anywhere in Australia and had to buy them from the USA. I'm really pleased to have found this website which is aussie owned and operated!
ReplyDeleteI have a 8 month old baby and only use BPA free products for him but they can be hard to find in shops - thank goodness for this website! What I can't understand is why companies like Avent, who are well aware of the risk of BPA and do offer bottles that are BPA free - are still making the bottles with BPA? I am also angry at our government who have done nothing about this issue and need to ban all products made with BPA now - like the US, Canada and Europe have already, and educate Aussie families of the harm products containing BPA can do to our children.
ReplyDeleteI found out about BPA in plastic only after I had my baby and had been using Dr Brown's polycarbonate bottles for three months due to his terrible colic. I was terribly upset as the only ones at the time sold in Australia were the ones that contained BPA.
ReplyDeleteI ended up finding a dealer overseas who had been selling BPA free Dr Brown's bottles for some time as none of the alternative bottles sold here helped my son's condition.
It's shocking that a product that has been outright banned in other countries ends up here and the government does nothing about it. The same happens with many other products available, profit before health and people. Sad but true.
Just take a look at MacLaren and their strollers that have amputated babies fingers, the same ones are available here with no intention to recall as they have in the USA. A fine example of profit being number 1.
I spent many years and went through many operations to fall pregnant, only to find out the bottles i have been using for my son are dangerous to his health how frustrating!! Our government has many things to answer for, surely they have been aware of this for sometime!! I am also disgusted with woolworths who only sell the advent bottles containing BPA i have been to two separate woolworths with not a coloured advent bottle in sight!! who is actually looking after us? I am now also concerned that the baby cubes i have been using contain BPA....
ReplyDeleteI was surprised to find out the current regulation on BPA products within Australia. See the link for more information. I am surprised that so many other countries have banned it yet Australia does not take that or the associated research into consideration.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.productsafety.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/971446
"The weight of scientific evidence currently available indicates that BPA in plastics does not present a risk to human health. "