Toxic bottles?

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bUYER BEWARE: Contains toxic PVC! Do Not Buy!, November 9, 2006
BUYER BEWARE: Contains Toxic PVC! Do Not Buy!
These bottles contain PVC, dangerous, toxic and carinogenic. PVC is banned in Europe but not yet in the U.S. although most companies are removing it from children's products. This one still contains PVC.

Other Polycarbonate product examples to AVOID:
Bottles: Avent; Dr. Brown's; Evenflo (clear); First Years; Gerber (clear); Playtex Vent Aire; Sassy; TupperCare.
Sippy cups to AVOID: Gerber Suzy's Zoo & Sippy Snacker, Playtex First Sipster & Sparkling Sipster.

SAFER ALTERNATIVES: (Non-polycarbonate products)
Bottles: Evenflo glass or pastel polyethylene plastic; Gerber polypropylene opaque plastic; Medela breastmilk polypropylene storage bottles and polyethylene milk storage bags; disposable bottle systems with polyethylene plastic inserts (e.g., Playtex Nurser, Playtex Drop-Ins).

ALSO SAFER: "Sippy" cups made of polypropylene or polyethylene: Avent Magic Cup; Evenflo cups (inner lining); First Years Take & Toss; Gerber Color Change, Sport Fun Grip and Soft Starter; Playtex Sipster, Big Sipster & Quick Straw.

Note: Baby bottle nipples are usually made of silicone or latex rubber. Silicone nipples are lighter in color and are safer, as latex rubber nipples may leach carcinogenic nitrosamines.22

Please educate yourself on the dangers of PVC and safer alternatives, especially for children's products, including many toys. Pass along this information to all you know with children, 'google' PVC-free alternatives, and as consumers let's force companies to stop using this toxin.
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Also, from another source - Cascade dishwashing detegent was banned in Europe for the toxin levels.

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-review...ostRecentReview
bUYER BEWARE: Contains toxic PVC! Do Not Buy!, November 9, 2006
BUYER BEWARE: Contains Toxic PVC! Do Not Buy!
These bottles contain PVC, dangerous, toxic and carinogenic. PVC is banned in Europe but not yet in the U.S. although most companies are removing it from children's products. This one still contains PVC.

Other Polycarbonate product examples to AVOID:
Bottles: Avent; Dr. Brown's; Evenflo (clear); First Years; Gerber (clear); Playtex Vent Aire; Sassy; TupperCare.
Sippy cups to AVOID: Gerber Suzy's Zoo & Sippy Snacker, Playtex First Sipster & Sparkling Sipster.

SAFER ALTERNATIVES: (Non-polycarbonate products)
Bottles: Evenflo glass or pastel polyethylene plastic; Gerber polypropylene opaque plastic; Medela breastmilk polypropylene storage bottles and polyethylene milk storage bags; disposable bottle systems with polyethylene plastic inserts (e.g., Playtex Nurser, Playtex Drop-Ins).

ALSO SAFER: "Sippy" cups made of polypropylene or polyethylene: Avent Magic Cup; Evenflo cups (inner lining); First Years Take & Toss; Gerber Color Change, Sport Fun Grip and Soft Starter; Playtex Sipster, Big Sipster & Quick Straw.

Note: Baby bottle nipples are usually made of silicone or latex rubber. Silicone nipples are lighter in color and are safer, as latex rubber nipples may leach carcinogenic nitrosamines.22

Please educate yourself on the dangers of PVC and safer alternatives, especially for children's products, including many toys. Pass along this information to all you know with children, 'google' PVC-free alternatives, and as consumers let's force companies to stop using this toxin.
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Also, from another source - Cascade dishwashing detegent was banned in Europe for the toxin levels.

 

Thanks for posting this. Sometimes I wonder if I can keep track of all the dangers around us...

 

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Dr. Brown's

WHAT!? I don't see where it says WHO was doing the review or warning...am I missing it??

 

If they were banned in the Europe, I believe that the European FDA reviewed it.

 

I just found some comments on this. Confusing...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/discussionboard/d...pe=ReviewDetail

 

Great...I wash my Dr. Brown bottles in the dishwasher with Cascade. I'll take this with a grain of salt though, I'm not rushing to buy new bottles or anything!

 

if this were a real concern, I think it would be on the news...

 

Wow so they pretty much took out every bottle made...um yeah @@

 

I use Dr. Browns!!?? I'm beginning to wonder if there is anything around that is truly nontoxic? I hate the thought of feeding my kids
with toxic bottles!

 

I, personally, don't think they are toxic. I'd have to see recent research first that proves otherwise before I would change my mind.

 

yes, I have read they leech chemicals. I use glass bottles from Evenflo and silicone nipples, love them. I did use a couple of Dr. Brown bottles because of my raging colic boy, they didn't work though.

 

Nalgene recently switched the plastic type of their water bottles to a non-leeching plastic. The "toxicity" of certain types of plastics is on the news every now and then but it is a one-day news cycle and then disappears for a year or so before it comes back again. That's how almost all "health-alert" stories are.

 

I believe that this kind of info is always worth the consideration. You never know. I knew about plastic's very harmful qualities for a long time before I found this warning. There's no microwave safe plastic - as soon as you heat it, it releases toxins in your food and we never drink or eat hot stuff from the plastic cups or plates.