Walmart to Pull BPA Bottles

Walmart has decided to pull plastic bottles (including sippy cups) made using Bisphenol A (BPA) from it’s shelves beginning early next year; citing health concerns and the recent news that Canada is moving to declare BPA as a dangerous chemical.

We are still putting away all the generous gifts we had from our baby shower and there were only one or two BPA created products. We registered for the Born Free baby bottles which are BPA free since we have been following this story for a few weeks.

This excerpt from the article sums it up:

BPA is good for making hard, clear, nearly unbreakable plastic containers — just what you want on the trail or in the nursery. But concerns have been floating around for a while that the chemical could present long-term cancer risks, especially to infants.

While the data are still unclear, a few key dominoes fell this week: Canada moved toward declaring the chemical a dangerous substance, and a draft version of a U.S. government report said BPA might present risks.

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