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Sometimes, amidst all talk of green, you start to feel like everything old is new again. Like all these things your parents and grandparents did, because they had no choice or for financial reasons, have come back in the name of green. And this headline from a recent AP article certainly brings that feeling home: "Glass baby bottles make a comeback."

Bisphenol-A (BPA) free bottles have seen an increase in sales over the past year and so have the original BPA-free baby bottle, glass baby bottles. Bisphenol-A, a plasticizer found in some hard plastic baby bottles, has been the subject of much controversy, as there is evidence that it could be a hormone disruptor. The FDA says they are safe, but the CDC says more study is needed.

Evenflo, which has been making glass baby bottles for the past 70 years, has seen sales increase by more than 100 percent between 2006 and 2007. Dr. Brown's, which makes a bottle that is intended to reduce the air that gets into baby's belly, has come out with a glass version also.

As far as I can see, there is really only one downside to glass bottles versus plastic, namely that glass can break. Obviously, if your baby can hold his or her own bottle and walk, they should not be given a glass bottle on their own!

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