More Bisphenol A in the News

I was reading my local Sunday paper (the Dallas Morning News) and found this piece from Jeffrey Weiss to be a good jumping off point for parents who are concerned about BPA in baby bottles and other products. While I know plenty of parents who are concerned and have done enough research to make decisions for their families, I know an even larger number of folks who haven't even started thinking about this issue. I talked to one mom who said she's just too busy to give it the attention she wants and another said that she is still so consumed with avoiding dangerous toys that she can't even begin to think about this now.

Luckily, for the folks who haven't started to take action on this issue one way or the other, manufacturers and retailers are already taking some of the guesswork out of it. According to the New York Times, Toys R Us has jumped on the BPA-Free bandwagon, joining retailer Wal-Mart in getting these children's products off the shelves. The Times opinion piece today also held a warning for parents and others weighing the BPA issue:

"Until the F.D.A. rules, which it should do quickly, consumers would be wise to avoid BPA for babies and young children and use those alternatives, whether glass bottles, bottles with disposable liners or BPA-free plastic bottles."

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