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Avent Bottles Dangerous |
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by scbmanner  (August 2007) (rank 500+) |
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I am not one for scare tactics, but when it comes to my family, I take zero chances. That's why I wanted to post an article about the possible dangers of a very popular brand of bottle: Avent. (This has been posted before, but it's worthy of another look)
We have used them for both of our boys until we recently was a huge fan of them. Now we have to go through the trouble of introducing our youngest to new types of bottles and it's a huge headache.
While the verdict may still be out on these bottles (I disagree. Anything that may cause developmental disabilities is a not worth taking a chance on) I wanted to share an article on the dangers of the type of plastic used to make these convenient bottles so clear and hard.
original article:
Baby 411 authors: 'Toss Avent bottles'
The updated version of “Baby 411" tells readers who want to use polycarbonate plastic baby bottles to limited the washings and heated drying, because the chemical bisphenol A can leach from the products.
But thanks to two recent developments, the authors now say stop using baby bottles and sippy cups made of polycarbonate plastic altogether.
The first change was the statement in a medical journal by 38 BPA researchers that said BPA posed a significant health risk.
Days later, a federal panel convened by the National Institutes of Health said there is "some concern" the chemical could cause behavioral and neurological problems in young children.
"Specifically, parents should stop using Avent's Natural Feeding Bottle and Dr. Brown's Natural Flow (or any bottle made of polycarbonate plastic)---these products were previously recommended by BABYBARGAINS," the authors said in the August Baby Bargains newsletter.
"All baby bottles and sippy cups made of polycarbonate plastic should be avoided," said author and consumer advocate Denise Fields. "If you are shopping for bottles, chose an alternative made from BPA-free plastic or glass. If you have polycarbonate bottles, throw them out."
The FAQs section from the Baby Bargains newsletter provides some good answers:
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/features_julieshealthclub/2007/08/baby-411-author.html#more |
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Re: Avent Bottles Dangerous
Hi
Then we had better stop our children drinking from pop top bottles as they are the same plastic used in avent bottles
Also any clear plastic bottle....All our water bottles that you buy bottled water in
Pop top bottles now actually come with a warning not to reuse.
There are hundreds of products that if we actually knew what was in them we would not feed them to our children.
Do you eat chicken? It has been linked to guillain barrow
Asprin if you read one of my articles is linked to Reyes Syndrome.
Vegetables are dangerous because of the chemicals we spray on them Washing does not get all the chemical residue off
I can go on about hundreds of products we use every day hmmm thought for articles lol....
Great thing to be aware of though i will admit
Thanks
Luv Deb
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Re: Avent Bottles Dangerous
Look, I recently became aware of it, and considering the venue I wanted to post some information that might be useful. Consider the title of the original article before you give me too much grief.
Baby 411 authors: 'Toss Avent bottles'
The updated version of “Baby 411" tells readers who want to use polycarbonate plastic baby bottles to limited the washings and heated drying, because the chemical bisphenol A can leach from the products.
But thanks to two recent developments, the authors now say stop using baby bottles and sippy cups made of polycarbonate plastic altogether.
The first change was the statement in a medical journal by 38 BPA researchers that said BPA posed a significant health risk.
Days later, a federal panel convened by the National Institutes of Health said there is "some concern" the chemical could cause behavioral and neurological problems in young children.
"Specifically, parents should stop using Avent's Natural Feeding Bottle and Dr. Brown's Natural Flow (or any bottle made of polycarbonate plastic)---these products were previously recommended by BABYBARGAINS," the authors said in the August Baby Bargains newsletter.
"All baby bottles and sippy cups made of polycarbonate plastic should be avoided," said author and consumer advocate Denise Fields. "If you are shopping for bottles, chose an alternative made from BPA-free plastic or glass. If you have polycarbonate bottles, throw them out."
The FAQs section from the Baby Bargains newsletter provides some good answers:
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Re: Avent Bottles Dangerous - Please read.
The easiest way to counteract that for those concerned is to heat the milk in something else and then pour it into the bottle. The point I forgot to make is that the half-life of most plastics is ... about 10,000 years or some such thing. Sure, repeated heating, wear and tear, etc, will degrade it faster, but is it really going to degrade it so much that it causes us a problem if we replace the containers when they need to be?
I'm more worried about the pollutants in the air that we breathe! Not to mention the things that get put into the foods we eat. The chemicals that get sprayed on plants, the fertilisers in the soil, the food that gets fed to livestock...it just can't be avoided. Did you know that butter is only yellow after they add colouring to it? Did you know that some foods and milks have vitamin A added to them, which can cause pregnant women to absorb toxic levels of it and harm the development of their unborn babies without realising it? That many types of fish contain dangerous levels of mercury? There's a lot worse things out there to worry about than whether a baby bottle that is used a few times a day for the first year or so of a baby's life will degrade fast enough to cause the baby a problem. Not to mention, when pregnant, how many times has a mother-to-be re-heated food in a plastic container in the microwave then eaten it? The baby is getting effected before it's even born if this is a real danger.
And I also don't think it is fair to target just one brand of baby bottle when many containers use the same stuff. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if that constitutes slander and is illegal?
Just my opinion.
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). I thought they were expensive but I now see they were worth it. I will keep this in mind when buying a sippy cup.