Limit on BPA in Maryland Advances.

The Maryland Senate approved on Thursday a bill to ban the chemical bisphenol A from baby bottles and sippy cups. If the bill is signed, Maryland would become the third state to ban the chemical linked to developmental problems in young children and other...

Decision to Ban BPA in Baby Bottles Was Controversial: Documents.

Canada’s decision to become the first country to ban baby bottles with bisphenol A was in flux in the days leading up to the unprecedented announcement — and was secured after the intervention of senior Conservative political officials, internal...

The Chemical Revolt.

BPA in baby bottles. Phthalates in children’s books. Lead in toys. As parents’ awareness of potential toxins in the home has grown in recent years, so has their anxiety. Minnesota has helped lead the way to regulate worrisome chemicals, and...

Call to Ban BPA Baby Bottle After ‘compelling’ Breast Cancer Link.

Baby bottles containing the chemical Bisphenol A should be banned because there is "compelling" evidence linking it to breast cancer risk, British campaigners, scientists and health charities said.

Reduce Fetal Exposure to BPA And Phthalates, Experts Say.

With Health Canada recently banning plastic baby bottles made from bisphenol A and proposing to ban certain toys, the question arises: what about pregnant women and their fetuses, which are even more susceptible?

Chemical in Baby Bottles ‘raises Risk of Heart Disease.’

Research shows that bisphenol A – a building block of many commonly used plastics – can cause potentially dangerous alterations to cardiac rhythm.

Polycarbonate Bottles Leak Bisphenol A Into Humans

Harvard.edu – A new research study from Harvard found that people who drank for a week from polycarbonate bottles – the popular, hard-plastic drinking bottles and baby bottles – showed a two-thirds increase in their urine of the chemical...

UAB Research Revives Cancer Concerns About Some Plastic Additives.

Animal research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is resurrecting cancer concerns about bisphenol A, a plastic additive commonly used in consumer products, including baby bottles, water bottles and the linings of cans.

Environmental Groups Get in Some Target Practice.

A network of environmental groups wants to overhaul the nation’s chemical-safety laws so that new chemicals, such as one found in cheap baby bottles, would remain off the market until laboratory tests showed that they pose almost no risk to human...

Some Moms Ditch Plastic Cups.

Conflicting reports over the safety of the plastic additive bisphenol A have forced parents to decide for themselves whether to keep using plastic baby bottles and cups made with the widely used compound.