Another Plastic Bottle Question??

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sarab

Cathlete
This all has me thinking about what my family and I use to drink water. We use plastic a lot!!! I haven't looked at the SIGG stuff, but I might get one for each of us. Are those expensive (I would have to buy 5!!!)?

Anyway, my best friend just had a baby. She tried breastfeeding; it didn't work for her. So, she is feeding her baby out of plastic bottles....is that safe???? This is something I never really thought of....

ETA: I just got up to get dd some juice in her PLASTIC sippy cup....

Sara
 
There have been some studies on plastic baby bottles - and some MAY pose a hazard. The safest baby bottles would be glass, but of course, that's not always practical. Here are some articles on plastic baby bottles:

http://www.environmentcalifornia.or...vironmental-health-reports/toxic-baby-bottles

http://www.checnet.org/HealtheHouse/education/articles-detail.asp?Main_ID=333

And here's an article that refutes the "Baby Bottle Scare", so you get both sides of the story:

http://www.quackwatch.com/04ConsumerEducation/babybottle.html

Doing a Google search for "toxic baby bottles" will bring up tons of websites and articles in addition to these, so you can do your own research. Hope this helps! :)
 
Actually new research has shown that many conventional plastic baby bottles are not safe. (http://www.foxreno.com/news/11126871/detail.html#)

Particularly the ones that are made from polycarbonate plastic (the really hard plastic that Nalgene bottles are made from -- usually has a #7 on the bottom). This plastic can leach a chemical called Bisphenol-A which is an endocrine disruptor and can affect hormone systems and development. If you can find them, you would be better off using #2 plastic bottles, or polyethylene. Those don't have BPA in them and would be safer, although are still plastic. Anytime we heat up plastic we are putting ourselves at risk of exposure, and baby bottles get heated up a lot.

There is a company called Newborn Free and they make non-toxic baby bottles made of a safe kind of glass, I believe. Check out their website: http://www.newbornfree.com/. They also have information on there about the dangers of conventional baby bottles.

The most inportant thing to tell any new mom is that she can only do her best to protect her baby, but can't eliminate all exposures. So offer that she try some of these other bottles to reduce her baby's exposure to dangerous chemicals and see how she likes them.


Allison
 
I would guess that 99% of bottles are plastic and sippy cups are plastic. Playtex have plastic liners.
If it was all that bad. None of us would be here.
I don't think i would trust a child and glass. JMO..More dangerous to me..


Almost everything out there thay say is making us all sick, form food to clothes to the enviroment.
If we worry about everything. We may as well be in a bubble. The worrying would make us sick..

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Anne
AKA
Storm
 
I agree that worrying will make us sick but it doesn't hurt to be informed, aware, and to try our best to avoid things that we know can harm us. I agree-I wouldn't give my child a glass sippy cup either. But there are tons of alternatives to plastic sippy cups as well. It's unfortunate that the cheap, convenient things are those that are most harmful.

There are thousands and thousands of alternatives out there for things like plastics and all it takes is a little bit of research and intrigue to find them. That's why this forum is great--you can get tons of important information here without having to spend hours digging.


Allison
 
When reading the reports, please check out who funded the research.

"There are lies, damn lies and then there's statistics."

There was a research report about how deadly it was to reuse a single serve water bottle. The research of course had been funded by the bottled water industry who of course would like you buy a new water bottle when thirsty.
 
This is serious information--stuff that I have spent my entire life researching and basically dedicated my life to. I don't think it's fair for people to just assume that they're all "damn lies". Yes, there are several untrue, media and money driven reports but most of them are not. I'm just trying to let people know what is out there. Take it or leave it--you don't have to change a single thing about how you live your life. But that doesn't mean that I can't help to make people aware.

Allison
 
Allison,

No one was calling anything "lies". They were just saying pay close attention to the sources who are funding the research and writing the reports.

Case in point: I watched a report on the CBS evening news a few years ago reporting on the health benefits eating almonds. Unfortunately, all of the research quoted in the report came from the Independent Almond Growers Association...not exactly unbiased reporting, regardless that the health benefits might be true.

If you're going to go to great strides to make positive changes in your life (which is a good thing), it's important to make sure the sources you're working from are accurate and unbiased.
 
Allison,

Forgive me for using a quote that left a misunderstanding. In no way was I attacking YOUR research. I realize that you are not being driven by profit and have nothing to gain by misinforming people.

My point is, research has to be analyzed with an open unbiased mind. Before I dive into anything I qualify the source and motive. Are you researching personally or are you reading other peoples research?

I worked with a gentleman who used the Bible as his "guide." This guy would make up his mind then research the Bible with a concordance to find a phrase or passage that justified his decision, totally ignoring anything that countered his opinion.

Profitable research is started with the "goal in mind". Everything reported would be a true statement, however true statements that supported other conclusions would be left out.

There's a lot of this research posted on the net. One needs to qualify anything he or she reads on the net.

There is so much plastic and artificial products out there that if the toxicity were as bad as people are implying it would seem that average life spans should be going down, which they aren't. I understand that some people are more sensitive to chemicals as some people are sensitive to bee stings. I do not make light of these health issues, I am an asthmatic who removed carpets from most of the rooms of my house to control my triggers.

Once again, I apologize for the misunderstanding I sought not to insult you personally or imply that you were lying.
 
My pediatrician said NOT to microwave them to warm them up...She said to only run them under hot water to get the milk warm...
 
>
>There is so much plastic and artificial products out there
>that if the toxicity were as bad as people are implying it
>would seem that average life spans should be going down, which
>they aren't.

Actually, my understanding about lifespans is that it is always calculated with the total number of deaths in a country - not just old age and disease but also wars, starvation, natural disaster etc. Out country has been very lucky not to experience anything grave for the past 60 years and that's why our life expectancy is rising.
 
My doctor said the same thing but it was because of burns not the plastic, from what I understood and that has been 7 yrs ago.
LD
 
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