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Don't Touch That Receipt! It May Be Toxic

Caroline Miller — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:00:00 CDT

Sheesh: The same toxic chemical—bisphenol A—that's shown up in baby bottles and canned goods is apparently also all over the receipts you get from stores and restaurants, and in much greater amounts. BPA was found in the coating used on cash register receipts in 40% of businesses tested,...

Controversial Chemical Leaches From Bottles to Water

Katherine Thompson — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:57:01 CDT

One aspect of the bisphenol A controversy can be put to rest: drinking from clear plastic bottles does increase the amount of the chemical in the body. The extent of BPA's effects on healthy adults is still not well known, but the FDA says existing exposure levels aren't high enough...

Breast May Be Best, But Pumps Get All the Attention

Sarah Quinn — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:54:00 CST

The push for regulations that give US moms a place and time to pump their breast milk overlooks a major part of the age-old breast-feeding debate, Jill Lepore writes in the New Yorker . “Is it the mother, or her milk, that matters more to the baby?” Lepore asks. High-tech pumps...

Feds Warn of Chemical in Plastics

John Johnson — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:11:08 CDT

A federal health panel warned today a chemical used to make a slew of everyday plastic items—including baby bottles—could be linked to several types of cancer, early puberty for girls and even hyperactivity, the Washington Post reports. The report urges more study and marks a reversal for the...

Hot Water Leaches Harmful Chemical From Plastic

Rob Quinn — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:55:05 CST

Hot liquid causes a potentially harmful chemical to leach out of certain plastics much faster than usual, researchers have found. The study, published in Toxicology Letters , discovered that bisphenol A, or BPA, was released from some common plastic bottles 55 times faster when they were placed in boiling water. Concerns...

Why Am I Fat? One Word for You: Plastics

Sam Gale Rosen — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:30:00 CST

Early exposure to chemicals found in common plastics could predispose a person to obesity, scientists suggest. Studies have shown that animals fed the chemicals, called endocrine disrupters, are fatter later in life than those who were not, the Boston Globe reports. Diet, exercise, and genetics are key factors, but "chemicals...

Dads Move in on Baby Market

Heather McPherson — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:26:09 CDT

As fathers continue to take a more active role in raising their children, the market for baby gear has become less mom-centric, the New York Times reports. And it's not all fishing vests with hidden diaper changing pads. Recent dad-born inventions include computerized baby timers and a nipple adapter that...

Bad Plastic: It's Practically Everywhere

Heather McPherson — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:59:11 CDT

It's in everything from baby bottles to coffee makers to CDs, and research is accumulating, as Salon's Elizabeth Grossman puts it, that it's a major health hazard. Bisphenol A is a key ingredient of the lightweight plastics now ubiquitous in consumer products, and it's been variously linked to reproductive health,...

Glass Bottles Breaking Into Baby Market

J. Kelman — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:56:24 CDT

Glass is the new plastic—for baby bottles, at least. A rash of health warnings about plastic—toxicity reports, cancer risks, even longterm fertility problems—is turning many moms on to the glass bottles their own moms dropped as too breakable. eBay prices are soaring, and bottle distributors struggling to...