Re: [SPAM] Re: toxic baby bottle report

[Guest guest]

Nothing that tastes better then a cup of ice cold distilled water out of my

Kleen Kanteen! The water just tastes really good and icey cold when you pull it

from the Kleen Kanteen jug from the fridge.

Janice

[ ] toxic baby bottle report

> >

> >

> > > to professionals, parents, grandparents - any interested

parties -

> from

> > > our

> > > national LDAA office

> > > Toxic Baby Bottle Report to be featured on Today Show and Good

> Morning

> > > America on Thursday, February 7th

> > >

> > > NBC's Today Show and ABC's Good Morning America are expected to

> run

> > > stories

> > > on Thursday morning, February 7, on a new study showing that

the

> toxic

> > > chemical Bisphenol A leaches from major brand baby bottles when

> heated, or

> > > when hot liquids are poured into the bottles. The study tested

> major

> > > brands

> > > Avent, Dr. Brown's, Evenflo and The First Year's Disney

character

> bottle.

> > > The bottles were purchased from Target, Walgreens, Wal-Mart and

> CVS stores

> > > across the country.

> > >

> > > Bisphenol A (BPA) is a toxic chemical found in hard,

> polycarbonate

> > > plastics.

> > > BPA mimics estrogen in the body and disrupts the human hormonal

> system.

> > > In

> > > animal studies, BPA shows adverse health effects related to

> breast and

> > > prostate cancer, thyroid disease, early puberty in girls,

> attention

> > > deficit

> > > and hyperactivity disorder, diabetes and obesity. These effects

> in animals

> > > occur even at very low doses of Bisphenol A. BPA exposure is

> widespread

> > > and

> > > has been found in 95% of Americans tested, at levels that are

> within the

> > > range that is linked to serious health effects in animals.

> > >

> > > BPA is also used in food can linings, Nalgene bottles, the

> linings of baby

> > > formula cans and other products. It has been a year since a

> similar study

> > > release by Environment California showed BPA leaching from baby

> bottles.

> > > A

> > > coalition of environmental and public health organizations that

> includes

> > > LDA

> > > is calling for an immediate moratorium on the use of BPA in

baby

> bottles.

> > > For more information, see the next issue of Newsbriefs for an

> article on

> > > Bisphenol A and LDA's role in opposing its use.

> > >

> > > Maureen Swanson

> > > LDA's Healthy Children Project

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >