Just over a week ago, I found out that SIGG water bottles are lined with BPA (at least the older ones are, which were mostly what we had). I thought about sending my older ones back to BPA and requesting gift certificates for new ones, which I heard SIGG was doing, but I honestly was [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Children, Plastic on September 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In April 2006, I was on the market for a sippy cup or water bottle not made from plastic. I was hoping to avoid some of the chemicals often used in plastics (i.e. BPA, phthalates). I opted for a SIGG water bottle and bought three for my son. Since then, I’ve acquired two more and [...]
Filed under: BPA, Children, Plastic on August 22nd, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I love bean dishes, as they are good for you and super cheap! This is a dish that my grandmother has prepared since I was a child and I love it. I recently tried making it with lima beans (since it’s hard to find the large beans the recipe usually calls for) and I have [...]
Filed under: Plastic, Recipe on June 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The FDA met yesterday to reexamine the safety of BPA in consumer products like canned goods, baby bottles, and sippy cups and concluded, yet again, that BPA is safe. The same day, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study that found higher BPA concentrations in the urine of 1455 adults to be [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Children, Plastic on September 17th, 2008 | No Comments »
The saga of BPA continues…
For those of you not up to speed on BPA, here’s a quick recap. In the U.S., 7 billion pounds of BPA are produced annually. Since 2004, we have known that detectable levels of BPA are found in the blood of 93% of Americans over age 6. In April of this [...]
Filed under: BPA, Chemicals, Children, Plastic on September 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
California was the first state considering a ban on the chemical Bisphenol-A from baby bottles and sippy cups but the bill was rejected this week. For more on this, see a well writen article on enviroblog.com.
Filed under: BPA, Chemicals, Children, Plastic on September 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
In April, the NIH’s National Toxicology Program concluded that there was “some concern” about the effects of BPA on children, babies, and fetuses. I summarized that info here. That report spurned the FDA to re-examine the safety of BPA.
Just this week, the FDA declared that BPA is safe. However, there are some concerns that the [...]
Filed under: BPA, Chemicals, Children, Plastic on August 19th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I recently discovered a blog that follows the life of a woman trying to live without plastic called Life Less Plastic. There are many reasons why one might want to reduce their own use of plastic:
The U.S. produced 27 million tons of plastic waste that ended up in landfills in 2005.
It takes hundreds of years [...]
Filed under: Environment, Plastic on August 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
President Bush has signed the bill that I previously mentioned that would ban lead and phthalates from children’s toys. Yay!
Filed under: Children, Lead, Phthalates, Plastic on August 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A friend of mine sent me an email about my previous post and I thought it was worthy of sharing here and responding to since her concerns are very valid.
Do you know if there is any focus on what the replacement materials will be? If the phthalates were in the toys for a specific purpose [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Children, Lead, Plastic on August 8th, 2008 | No Comments »