BPA-free story neglects children's health concerns.
Children's unique vulnerability to bisphenol A is left out of an otherwise excellent news story that reports the chemical was measured in bottles marketed as BPA-free.
A new study conducted by Health Canada finds BPA leaches from several BPA-free baby bottles. The findings were reported in an informative and thorough article by Sarah Schmidt of Canwest News Service and published in the July 30th edition of the Winnepeg Free Press.
The article describes the results of the study that surprised even the scientists who conducted the research. They found various amounts of BPA leaching from baby bottles that claim to be BPA-free and are made from BPA-free materials.
Schmidt does a thorough job of explaining the difference between BPA containing polycarbonate bottles and their BPA-free alternatives.
She also informs her readers of the controversy surrounding the issue because the study is new and one of first to test for BPA in products marketed as free of the chemical. Manufacturers of the BPA-free baby bottles have challenged the findings.
A major lack of mention in this article, however, is children’s vulnerability to the adverse health effects associated with BPA.
Children retain BPA at higher amounts and their developing systems can be more susceptible to endocrine disruptors such as BPA. The BPA-free bottles discovered to leach BPA in this study are used to feed newborns and infants.
