Looking for BPA-free baby bottles?
BPA has long been known to be a problem. Plenty of studies over the years have linked BPA to birth defects, low birth weights, cancer, early puberty and other health problems in rats even as the FDA continues to state that BPA is perfectly safe for families. The problem is that there hasn’t been enough long-term testing on BPA, and we can’t honestly know that it’s safe.
What we do know based on studies is that BPA leeches out of many a baby bottle that contains it; especially once you heat those bottles up (say in the dishwasher). The best choice is to avoid BPA until we clearly know the effect it has on our own bodies and our kids bodies. With that in mind, here are some BPA-free baby bottles you can choose…
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Kathi from Eastman here. I bought Weil bottles for my grandson, and they have worked well. Easy to clean and no more gassy baby. There’s a YouTube video that discusses the BPA testing at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVnizGkiuWY.