BPA-Free Products

BPA sounds harmless enough, but is it? You need to know because many of the water bottles that you buy are made from BPA or Bisphenol A. This compound is organic and found in many polycarbonate plastics and epoxies. Because BPA is strong, it’s widely used for water bottles and plastic baby bottles.

BPA started out in the 1930s as a substitute for estrogen. A few more chemical reactions later, and BPA found a new life in common plastic items. However it’s still classified as an “endocrine disrupter” which has potential to be toxic to humans.

Even the National Institutes of Health agreed that there was “some concern” about BPA exposure for brain development of infants. In April 2008, a study by the Canadian government recommended changing the classification of BPA to “toxic for human health and the environment.”

Makers of products using BPA object and counter with their own report insisting that BPA is no worse for infants and adults than other things in the environment. Do you want to take that chance with your baby?

When you reach for bottled water thinking that you are making a good health choice for yourself, do you want to risk your health by drinking from a polycarbonate plastic with BPA exposure? Instead of asking, “what’s in the water,” ask “what’s the water in?”

Choose BPA-Free products instead.

Bisphenol-A is the chemical names for BPA that is a common ingredient in polycarbonate plastics. These are plastics in your home in the form of baby bottles, water bottles, lining for many canned foods and even the dental sealant applied to protect your teeth from decay.

BPA can leak out of these plastics and be ingested by humans; even infants drinking their formula from plastic bottles are at risk. No amount of washing gets rid of it. The plastics industry insists that BPA is safe even though it’s known to alter estrogen.

This unwanted hormonal shift can be particularly obtrusive to proper fetal development and infant development. Studies have shown that BPA can even “migrate" or leach from mother's breast milk when feeding.

The National Institutes of Health and National Toxicology Program only go as far as to say there is “some concern for neural and behavior effects in fetuses, infants and children.” Are you willing to take that risk?

The quest for pure, high quality, potable water leads many people to buy bottled water. It looks so crystal clear, it must be good, right? Wrong! Even if the water is as pure as you think, it has been sitting on the store shelves in polycarbonate plastic with the possibility of BPA leakage.

Disposable water bottles are made from PET plastic, which is made with Bisphenol a.

Even many reusable water bottles advertised for sports and outdoors use are made from BPA or lined with BPA. Studies in the U.S. mention this as a “concern” since BPA is also in baby bottles as well as water bottles.

The Canadian government had more than concern, issuing a warning about the BPA leakage in bottles particularly those for infants and small children.

You can limit the exposure of BPA to your child by ensuring that their food and drink containers have been purchased by a bpa-free vendor.

For youself, you could choose an old fashioned metal lined water container but there are toxic concerns about leakage of chemicals from the metal as well. Luckily, new choices for reusable plastic water bottles have arrived. For example, the Titan Water Bottle and the Camelbak Better Bottle. Both are made from non-BPA elements that don’t pollute the environment or your body.

As a reusable container, reusable plastic bottles save money and reduce the amount of polycarbonate waste from disposable plastic bottles. Titan protects the environment and your health.