Study on plastic bottles emitting toxins

My friend is expecting her first child, and I am expecting twins. My friend's mother in law just forwarded her an article about a study done on the top five plastic baby bottles, and how they emit toxins that can impact a baby's immune system and development. I looked online and did find several articles about this. Dr. Brown's , Avent, Playtex were all part of the study and all emitted the toxin from a particular type of plastic used in making the bottles. Has anyone else heard of this? Is it something to really be concerned about? The article talks about how moms should only use glass bottles, or special bottles made without this certain type of plastic. I looked online and found one site that sells these "toxin free" bottles- but they are really expensive!
Thoughts?

 

An earlier post on the subject.

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Baby Bottle Toxins
Great, another thing to worry about.

FWIW, I don't think bottles containing Bisphenol A are dangerous and there are plenty of "safe" alternatives.

 

There's been a lot about this in the news lately -- I think we can never know for sure how dangerous it is, as I don't think the public necessary gets accurate information. The studies are often funded by groups that have a direct benefit from the sale of the product....and other studies that show the dangers often have questionable methodology. So, who knows?

We do know that Bisphenol A also leaches into canned foods, including canned infant formula, which the majority of formula-fed babies get. So, a combination of using bottles that contain BPA plus full formula feeding can lead to high levels of exposure to this stuff.

There are more alternatives to polycarbonate bottles than just the Born Free bottles that you probably saw, though. Gerber has two bottles that don't contain BPA -- the "fashion tints" and the "clear view" line of bottles.

You could use Playtex drop-ins, if that appeals to you, because the milk never touches the bottle itself.

I use some new bottles by Nuby which don't contain BPA -- I forget what they're called, "leak-proof" or something like that -- they have a funny shape, like squat snowmen. The nipples are terrible for young babies, though, so I switched them out for standard Playtex nipples, which fit fine.

I tried Evenflo glass bottles, but with twins, sometimes you have to prop a bottle for a minute to burp one baby, and it's very hard to do this with heavy glass bottles.

My kiddos do get canned formula in addition to breastmilk, but I'm choosing not to fret about it, as I'm using BPA-free bottles....

 

You could always breastfeed! No bisphenol-A in boobs. :lol:

But of course even nursing moms need a break sometimes, so it's interesting to read about all this stuff...

 

Hi there. I'm not a health nut but I had the same concerns. I stopped using my Avent bottles but I just couldn't afford to get a whole new glass set so I found some bottles that are inexpensive (less than Avent!) and they're safe. It's hard, clear plastic that you have to be concerned about. I really, really recommend the Gerber Gentle Flow bottles. They're soft, cloudy plastic so they're safe and they're the exact same design as the Avent bottles (big nipples, air flow system, etc.). Here are the bottles I'm talking about: http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp...;id=prod2389202. I feel so much better now that I've switched. I also no longer heat anything plastic in the microwave, which is supposed to be safer.

 

Am I the only one who thinks it's nuts to buy a bunch of glass bottles? Doesn't anybody else's babies hurl their bottles to the ground with so much fervor that you'd think they were at a Eastern European drinking party???

I have no doubts that the weird plastics we use could be less than ideal. But think about this, once your babies turn into toddlers, are people going to buy them glass sippy cups? Would you invest in a glass sippy cup business?

Keep in mind, too, that there are always studies of breastmilk that show the level of environmental contaminents in the milk and some women decide not to breastfeed because of this worry (!). But breastmilk is still better (and safer) than formula! It's just that whenever you study our environment, you're going to find evidence that we live in an industrial society.

Just my 2 cents.

 

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You could always breastfeed! No bisphenol-A in boobs. :lol:

Actually, there is. ardon: We all have it in our bodies.

QUOTE(Take Luck! @ Oct 11 2007, 09:25 PM) [snapback]446820[/snapback]
Am I the only one who thinks it's nuts to buy a bunch of glass bottles? Doesn't anybody else's babies hurl their bottles to the ground with so much fervor that you'd think they were at a Eastern European drinking party???

I have no doubts that the weird plastics we use could be less than ideal. But think about this, once your babies turn into toddlers, are people going to buy them glass sippy cups? Would you invest in a glass sippy cup business?

Keep in mind, too, that there are always studies of breastmilk that show the level of environmental contaminents in the milk and some women decide not to breastfeed because of this worry (!). But breastmilk is still better (and safer) than formula! It's just that whenever you study our environment, you're going to find evidence that we live in an industrial society.

Just my 2 cents.

They sell stainless steel sippies. I forget the name of them, but there is no plastic involved.