Bringing up baby
Parents switch from hard plastic baby bottles after reports questioning safety of chemical used in their manufacture. In tests on animals, the chemical, called bisphenol A, or BPA, shows hormone-like effects on the reproductive system. Sales of glass baby bottles boom.
The Associated Press; The Guardian (UK) 2008-03-13
Categories: ARTS, IDEAS & TRENDS, Food Safety, HEALTH & NUTRITION, Trends & Activism
Index: Alan Greene, Babies R Us, baby bottles, Babylife, bisphenol A, BornFree, BPA, Carolyn Hentschell, CDC, early puberty, Evenflo, Food and Drug Administration, food safety, glass bottles, Handi-Craft Co./Dr. Brown's Natural Flow, Meg Robustelli, Pam Marcus, pediatrician, plastic baby bottles, polycarbonate plastic, Raising Baby Green, reproductive system, Ron Vigdor, shatterproof plastic food containers, silicone, Silikids, Siliskin, WeeGo