What’s the fuss about BPA?

There is a lot of debate about how much is safe and we might not know the true effect, if any, for many years. However, what is known, is that BPA causes developmental, neural and reproductive problems in lab animals.

This may all be a storm in a sippy cup but until we know more many parents are taking precautions. BPA leaches more with age and heat so you can start by limiting the amount you heat and put your bottles through the dishwasher. Discard them once they show signs of age or become discoloured. Better still switch to glass or BPA free plastics.

Better to be safe than sorry both Canada and Denmark have banned BPA in infants bottles and sippy cups in addition to three American States.

Despite the hype we do need to keep ‘it’ real. BPA is found in a lot of food packaging including baby formula and food tins so bottles and cups are probably a drop in the BPA ocean.