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

[blackduckies]

As if it's not bad enough that I am having trouble with breast milk supply and am having to comp feed so my little princess does'nt starve, the latest reports are saying that babies bottles have this chemical which is realsed when the bottle is heated. But only bottles with the number 7 or 3 in the bottom of the bottle near the recylcling logo.

After investigation I have found that nearly all of my bottles are a number 7,these bottles have feed my other children as well and I have just bought some new bottles (all number 7)
And the worst thing these are babies bottles, a soft drink bottle is unaffected it is a number 1 so why is this the case?
Anyone else concerned about this????
Do your bottles have another number and what brand are they??
What about my other kids?

[Arimeh]

I use the pigeon ones and they don't have a number on the bottom of them.

[Heaven]

Can you get glass ones?

[blackduckies]

Not sure about glass ones??? I will have to get out of the house soon and do some investigation... Thanks for the replies!!!!

[Kitt3n]

hey guys, there is some really useful info on the replies to this thread

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ncer-link.html

[satya]

I wouldn't stress too much about it. Everyone I know that's had cancer or heart disease was breast fed.

If you are really concerned about it you could get the Happy Baby glass bottles. They are the only ones I know of. They are available at Coles.

I think that the supposed issue with the plastic ones is to do with heat. If you don't heat the bottles then the risk should be reduced. I feed Brock his formula at room temp (used to warm it but found I didn't need to). I use sterilising solution from Safeway so I'm not boiling them or microwaving them both of which could damage the plastic.