Worried about the link between babies bottles and cancer heart disease etc:

[Devon]

This whole thing is really quite worrying.

I've just been googling, and apparently some researcers now recommend that pregnant women avoid exposure to BPA and pthalates:

Other researchers are also cautious. "I don't want to induce panic, but I think we should be addressing women of childbearing age," says Foster. Because phthalates and bisphenol A seem to have the greatest impact in the womb, he and Swan suggest that women who are pregnant or are planning to conceive take the most precautions. "These fetal effects are permanent and irreversible, while impacts of adult exposure appear to be reversible," explains Swan.

Fortunately, bisphenol A is relatively easy to avoid during pregnancy, says Dr. Hugh Taylor, chief of reproductive endocrinology at the Yale School of Medicine. He recommends that expectant women avoid polycarbonate food containers, skip canned foods, and delay getting any dental sealants unless absolutely necessary. Phthalates are a bit trickier to avoid, since they have so many applications. But Swan recommends avoiding pvc food containers.

It's easier said than done to avoid tinned food though. I must get back to my resolution to use dried legumes and fresh tomatoes rather than tinned ones. DH and I have already changed to microwaving only in glass. There was an article in Choice mag recently about pthalates in the lids of glass food jars leeching into the food.

[blackduckies]

Hi girls, I think I will have a look for the happy baby glass bottles. We have to heat the bottle, but use sterilizer solution for the bottles themselves. Apparently it is mainly released when the product is heated so tinned foods should be relatively safe unlesss you heat the can??? They are so good at freaking people out and I guess that there are so many things that are cancer /disease causing and things we have'nt even heard about yet, but when you do you feel you have a responability to your babies to do something about it.

Thanks so much for your replies, much appreciated.

[Doing my best]

I use the happy baby glass ones and Nuk glass ones. DD didn't like the happy baby teats, so I interchanged them with the Nuk climline silicon ones.. You can get the Nuk bottles ones in most Target stores (more expensive than happy baby though), but are a pia to steralise unless you have a really tall sterilser...

[Bathsheba]

ooooh NUK glass bottles? I've never seen them but I love NUK as a product. I really really wish i had found glass 13 years ago when i bought my first bottle... oh well... I'll make sure my GRAND CHILDREN only use glass! LOL

[blackduckies]

Thanks I will check out Target Nuk glass as well................... Footnote I rang Tommee Tippee today and they have info on their website regarding bpa they consider that their bottles are safe only having very low levels of the chemical. Oh and drinks like popper bottles, fruit juices(just juice etc), all have the chemical in their lining????????????????? and the list goes on.
Who knows what is safe to give the kids.

[DaintreeDream]

Most of my bottles are a number 7 and were supplied to me by the Royal Childrens Hospital, makes me wonder!

I heat my milk in boiling water, not the microwave, would it be better to heat milk in a glass container and then pour into the bottle? Will that reduce the affects?

I have some Medela bottles also I may have to use then only and return the others to RCH.

I was given a Avent plug in steam steriliser is that bad? Should I go back to Milton? I don't like the thought of Milton, being a chemical, maybe I should boil them in a pot. But then you wouldn't want to boil #7 bottles... this is all very confusing.

Maybe I should just get rid of them and stick with my medela bottles, however they tend to leak!

Why does it have to be so hard to do good for your child?

[ezymay]

Medela bottles are all BPA free and Adiri (you have to get these online) ones are too. There is also MAM ultivent bottles. You can get Medela and Mam at Target.