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• 1. Kathy  |  April 9, 2008 at 10:18 pm

  Thanks for helping spread the word. Do me a favor and shoot me an email? Thanks!

• 2. Shannon  |  April 10, 2008 at 10:42 am

  Avent Tempo disposable bottle liners also do not contain BPA. The bottle itself is made from polycarbonate plastic, but it never comes in contact with the milk/formula.

• 3. Trisha  |  April 11, 2008 at 10:31 am

  Hi Shannon, thanks for the info. ZRecs lists the Avent Tempo as borderline. http://zrecs.blogspot.com/2007/07/z-report-bisphenol-in-polycarbonate.html

  The liners are PET and considered safe, but the bottles are not. I agree with the borderline theory and parents can make their own decision on this one, though in my quest for BPA to just go away, I would not recommend this bottle.

  Thanks for your comments!

  Trisha

• 4. Joseph  |  April 11, 2008 at 10:37 am

  great guideline guys! Help support the bad bottled water ban here: http://www.bottledwaterblues.com

• 5. Julie  |  April 18, 2008 at 11:49 am

  Thank you for these great guidelines and links. It is hard to sort out what has BPA and what doesn’t, especially when it comes to sippy cups. Canada gov’t is expected to label BPA as a toxic substance today, according to newspaper reports, so with that we will be looking for alternatives at our house.

• 6. Betsy  |  April 21, 2008 at 8:35 am

  Thank you for posting this list! I have a 9 month old and just learned about BPA. Fortunately, my son is mostly breastfed, but the containers I stored expressed milk in do contain BPA!!! If I feed him a bottle I feed him out of a Platex bottle with a liner (however I have seen conflicting reports on that as well). I am going out today to find an alternative storage container and bottle!

• 7. Trisha  |  April 21, 2008 at 10:36 am

  Betsy,

  Fortunately my DD was breastfed, but I used the Dr. Browns for daycare (grrrrrr…), but I at least feel a little better knowing she had a somewhat limited exposure. We also did not run the bottles through the dishwasher.

  As far as milk storage, I LOVED the Lansinoh freezer bags. They are safe, easy to use, and you can freeze then store them flat, so it saves a lot of room! There are many breastmilk bottles that are safe as well.

  Best of luck!

  Trisha

• 8. Helena Giese  |  April 21, 2008 at 12:56 pm

  I heard that the Baby bottles and sippy cups from tupperware are also BPA free.

• 9. virginia  |  April 21, 2008 at 1:31 pm

  I have read that many of the sippy cups with handles have pva in them, you should your reader know this and the one think that i don’t know and can’t seem to fine out, is what are the ones that have no number on the cups, how do we know if they are good for the children?

• 10. virginia  |  April 21, 2008 at 1:38 pm

  i meant to say that the —Handlers—- on the sippy cups have pva.

• 11. virginia  |  April 21, 2008 at 1:40 pm

  i meant to say that the —Handles—on the sippy cups have PVA in them, even if the cup its self does not.

• 12. Katie on behalf of Playtex  |  April 21, 2008 at 2:26 pm

  Hi-

  I noticed in your post about BPA that you mentioned Playtex products. On behalf of Playtex, I wanted to clarify that the majority of the Playtex feeding & soothing portfolio is BPA-free, as well as all products being Phthalate-free. For a list of all BPA-free Playtex Infant Care feeding products, please see http://www.playtexbaby.com/bpafree/info.html.

  Thanks,
  Katie on behalf of Playtex

• 13. Kristine  |  April 22, 2008 at 6:35 am

  Dr. Brown’s Nipples DO NOT fit well on the Green to Grow bottles. They will leak. Medela nipples fit as well as Evenflo though.

• 14. Candyce  |  April 22, 2008 at 10:07 am

  Dr. Browns nipples also work with the born free bottles. Thats what we have been using the last year and they are much less expensive!

• 15. Lindsay  |  April 23, 2008 at 6:44 am

  Nuby sent me a list of which of their products are BPA free - if you would like to email me, I can send it to you. it has item numbers and pictures of the products.
  Thanks for all the information!

• 16. Laura  |  April 23, 2008 at 10:40 am

  I would love to know what Nuby products are unsafe as my daughter has been using the sippy cups. Thanks!

• 17. Joanna  |  April 24, 2008 at 2:58 pm

  What about soothers??? I have not seen a lot of information about soothers and what is safe. I realize the latex or silicone is in the mouth but sometimes they just chew on the thing.

• 18. Maria  |  April 29, 2008 at 9:36 am

  how about the dr. browns nipples . are they bpa safe?
  are the medela plastic bottles safe?
  thanks for this informative site

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• 20. Trisha  |  April 29, 2008 at 12:11 pm

  Maria, the Dr. Brown’s nipples are safe, the bottles themselves are not (unless you get the new glass or polyethylene ones labeled BPA free). Yes, Medela bottles are safe and are on the list!

  I am not certain, but I believe I was told that the Dr. Brown’s nipples fit the Medela bottles.

• 21. amanda  |  April 30, 2008 at 4:36 pm

  don’t you think that they should nationally recall these bottle and that the companies should be forced to comp their consumers i just bought roughly thirty dr. browns bottles and they have been used so returning them is not an option yet i don’t want to expose my baby. any suggestions?

• 22. Trisha  |  April 30, 2008 at 6:45 pm

  amanda, i definitely think they should recall them, but the FDA still maintains the safety of BPA bc of the 2 studies they have that were supplied by the plastic industry (you know the folks that gave us BPA). until the FDA sees the light, no recalls will happen. Not sure they would institute a recall.

  I definitely think the bottle companies should take it upon themselves to do some type of buy back or swap out, even if they have a minimal charge.

  I personally have Dr. Brown’s and I will be contacting them and asking them if they will swap out the bottles in some fashion. Even if they charge me half, I’m fine with it, though I really don’t expect they would even acknowledge my request, but it’s worth a try! If you try it, good luck and let me know what type of response you get!

  Oh, you could still try returning them if you purchased them recently — it would be worth a try.

• 23. Trisha  |  April 30, 2008 at 6:47 pm

  amanda, i definitely think they should recall them, but the FDA still maintains the safety of BPA bc of the 2 studies they have that were supplied by the plastic industry (you know the folks that gave us BPA). until the FDA sees the light, no recalls will happen. Not sure they would institute a recall.

  I definitely think the bottle companies should take it upon themselves to do some type of buy back or swap out, even if they have a minimal charge.

  I personally have Dr. Brown’s and I will be contacting them and asking them if they will swap out the bottles in some fashion. Even if they charge me half, I’m fine with it, though I really don’t expect they would even acknowledge my request, but it’s worth a try! If you try it, good luck and let me know what type of response you get!

  Oh, you could still try returning them if you purchased them recently — it would be worth a try.

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• 25. Bobbi Basi  |  May 5, 2008 at 7:41 pm

  what numbers on the bottom mean the plastic has bpa? 7,5?????

• 26. Trisha  |  May 8, 2008 at 8:32 am

  Bobbi, sorry, something happened to my original reply and just noticed it did not post. #7 typically indicated BPA is present, though 7 can also be a catch all for items that use a combination of plastics, though it still could use a plastic that should be avoided.

  #5, along with 1, 2 and 4 are considered safe. Experts advise avoiding #3, 6 and 7 as they are more likely to leak dangerous toxins.

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• 28. Rebecca Martin  |  May 14, 2008 at 1:02 pm

  I just looked on the bottom of my Gerber baby food packages, the plastic kind that come in two packs…guess what?! They all have the recycle symbol with the 7. 7 is the one to avoid, 7 means BPA. I can’t believe this and I am in shock.

• 29. Bridget  |  May 15, 2008 at 11:04 am

  Hi Rebecca, regarding your comment about the baby food - there is a #7 on the Gerber plastic baby food containers; however, I called Gerger and they advised that #7 can mean that the product is made up of different plastics - and they assured me that there was no BPA in the plastic containers.

• 30. BPA Free Bottles  |  May 16, 2008 at 1:44 pm

  Thanks for spreading the word! We’ve also stopped using all bpa products in our home and even started a website dedicated to showing the latest news, recalls & status updates from all around the world live off the page.

• 31. sally  |  May 18, 2008 at 9:02 pm

  This may be an obvious question that I may have missed the answer but are most nipples and spouts on the bottles and sippy cups safe?

• 32. Trisha  |  May 28, 2008 at 9:26 pm

  sally, from what I have found, sippy spouts and nipples and BPA-free, though the other components may not be.

• 33. Trisha  |  May 28, 2008 at 9:37 pm

  Rebecca and Bridget, Gerber’s #7 containers are BPA-free, but I called numerous times and was told a few different things. It is made of 2 plastics (either #2 or #5 depending on who you ask at Gerber) but the 2nd plastic was always #6, one to avoid. Still a sad case.

  http://amomsblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/bpa-in-gerber-baby-food-containers/

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• 35. Penny  |  June 1, 2008 at 8:38 pm

  I’ve just moved from using “Pigeon” peristaltic bottles and nipples to “Tommee Tipee” sippa cups. After reading this page I’ll be changing for sure and checking my entire cupboard for plastic ware. I didn’t see pigeon on the list so I’m assuming it’s bad.
  I’m sure there was a story on the t.v. once about stuff(bpa’s) in plastics and the glues on say yoghurt containers with the aliminium covers seeping into the food they contain. Again apparently not in a number high enough to cause any further investigation or change to company practices

• 36. Debbie  |  June 2, 2008 at 11:23 am

  THANK YOU for this list. I’m passing the link on to my friends.

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• 38. Heidi  |  June 13, 2008 at 3:10 pm

  I called Babies R Us today in my area. They are giving store credit to purchase BPA free bottles if you bring your “bad” bottles in. The only catch is the bottles you bring need to be bottles they carry.

• 39. Wendy  |  June 16, 2008 at 7:14 pm

  Dr. Brown’s nipples and Gerber NUK nipples fit GREEN TO GROW bottles perfectly.

• 40. Debbie  |  June 21, 2008 at 10:08 am

  Please read the article at Stats.org about this issue. There is always more to the real science than what is being reported in the news. The main study that is being reported was done under very extreme conditions, that no normal baby bottle or especially cup is subjected to! Although it is still a good idea to remove the BPA from products, do not feel guilty for having used the bottles in the first place!

  http://stats.org/stories/2008/why_journ_failing_plastics_may6_08.html

• 41. Lini  |  June 25, 2008 at 1:22 am

  what about the avent ISIS duo pump? would it be dangerous to use that pump together with BPA free bottles? The pump is listed as containing several parts with BPA, but these parts dont need to be steamed or heated to be cleaned, would my baby still be at risk?

• 42. Trisha  |  June 25, 2008 at 11:33 am

  Lini, if the milk comes into contact with the parts made of BPA, I personally would get another pump. You could try and return it to the store where you purchased it or contact Avent and ask for a refund. There is actually a class action lawsuit against 5 baby bottle manufacturers claiming they knew the harmful effects of BPA and still used them in their infant products.

• 43. Terry  |  July 2, 2008 at 6:48 am

  What are current levels of BPA that retailers are going to? Most retailers are lowering the levels of lead and phthalates but is there any information on BPA or are retailers just going BPA Free?

• 44. Trisha  |  July 3, 2008 at 10:44 am

  Terry, retailers, consumers and manufacturers concerned about bisphenol-a are going bpa-free. No level of BPA has been deemed safe by independent research groups, so it’s best to avoid it all together.

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