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Are Plastic Baby Bottles Safe?

By Associated Press

Some moms are tossing out their plastic baby bottles. Researchers say a chemical inside could be harmful. Are Plastic Baby Bottles Safe?

Published: Tue, September 16, 2008 - 9:22 pm Last Updated: Tue, September 16, 2008 - 9:25 pm

The Food and Drug Administration is defending
its assessment that bisphenol (BIS'-fen-ahl) A or BPA -- a chemical
widely used in plastic baby bottles and in food packaging -- is
safe.
The FDA's defense comes even as a preliminary study of the
chemical's health effects links it with possible risks for heart
disease and diabetes.
A senior FDA scientist tells an expert panel that a margin of
safety exists that is -- in her words -- "adequate to protect
consumers, including infants and children, at the current levels of
exposure."
A study published today in the Journal of the American Medical
Association finds that adults exposed to higher amounts of BPA were
more likely to report having heart disease and diabetes.
The study authors say the results "deserve scientific
follow-up."

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cork Says:

Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:22 am

This is something parents and pregnant women need to know. Baby bottles,Food containers,Plastic water bottles release the toxic chemical bisphenol A at a rate 55 times greater when filled with boiling water than when filled with room temperature water, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and published in the journal Toxicology Letters.“Previous studies have shown that if you repeatedly scrub, dish-wash and boil polycarbonate baby bottle, food packaging and water bottles, they release bisphenol A, a scientist at the Greenpeace research laboratory in Exeter, England. “It is a hormone disrupter able to mimic and interfere with hormone systems in animals. Researchers tested reusable polycarbonate water bottles for seven days with room temperature water and then with boiling water. When filled with room temperature water, bisphenol A leached from the bottles at a rate of 0.2 to 0.8 nanograms per hour. After being exposed to boiling water, the bottles leached the chemical at a rate of 8 to 32 nanograms per hour

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cork Says:

Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:26 pm

The study of 1,455 adults between the ages of 18 and 74 years, using data from the National Health and Nutrition which was gathered in 2003 and 2004. Then they looked at the health status of these people in the U.S. population that average BPA concentrations, adjusted for age and sex, were higher in those diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.Those with the highest BPA concentration had nearly three times the odds of heart disease and 2.4 times the risk of diabetes when compared with those with the lowest levels. Higher levels of BPA concentrations were also associated with abnormally elevated levels of three liver enzymes. The plastics that have the most BPA are those made of polycarbonate plastic—they are usually rigid and transparent and used for toddler cups, baby bottles, food storage containers including can foods, microwavable foods and water bottles.That food and drink cans are lined with BPA-laden plastic, soups, speghetti, etc. Start using glass.

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