GreenBaby: Infant feeding gear
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For many new parents, at some point during the baby's first year, they will use a bottle to feed their baby, no matter what is in the bottle. Which bottle is the greenest and healthiest for your baby?
Lately, there has been a lot of discussion about bisphenol-A (BPA) a plasticizer used to produce those hard, polycarbonate bottles. Bisphenol-A is known to be a hormone-mimicking chemical, however there is no hard science showing that BPA can leach out of the bottle at levels high enough to harm human health and FDA maintains they are safe.
If you do use polycarbonate bottles however, take a few extra steps to minimize any BPA leaching:
- Do not microwave the bottle (or any bottle).
- Discard them when they become scratched.
- Don't store breastmilk or formula in them.
- Don't sterilize them on the stove, old skool.
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