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As the Washington Post reports (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...), most of the six manufacturers only agreed to stop using BPA in their baby bottles after being contacted by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal who asked (demanded?) the companies stop using the controversial chemical. No doubt these companies saw the writing on the wall and realized that if they didn't drop the chemical now, they could be facing a wave of class action lawsuits from angry mothers (and their mutant babies) in the years ahead. The six companies that have agreed to stop using BPA in baby bottles sold in the U.S. are: • Gerber • Avent America, Inc • Evenflo Co. • Disney First Years • Dr. Brown • Playtex Products, Inc. The BornFree company, of course, has been selling BPA-free baby bottles for years: www.NewBornFree.com It's important to note here that these companies are all removing a chemical that they claim is perfectly safe. In other words, they're essentially saying, "It's not bad for ya, but we're takin' it out anyway." No doubt they have realized that admitting BPA is dangerous would unleash a flood of lawsuits. It's safer to just quietly take it out now, before there's any talk of lawsuits about mutant children growing adult breasts at age seven or other similar side effects. The real health damage caused by BPA, after all, will take many years to become evident. And by that time, most people will have forgotten that baby bottle companies once used this chemical in their products. Nicotine isn't addictive, the Earth is flat, and BPA is harmless...There's still a culture of denial about BPA in the plastics industry, however. The American Chemistry Council, an industry group representing the business interests of chemical companies, insists that BPA is perfectly safe for infants and babies, even when the plastic bottles contain unregulated levels of BPA. In their view, the baby bottle manufacturers should have left the BPA in the plastic!Of course, the ACC has hardly met a chemical it didn't like; much like the AMA has hardly met a pharmaceutical it didn't like, either. Scoring an "F" on the humanity scoreboard, baby bottle manufacturer Philips Avent decided to stop selling BPA bottles to U.S. consumers, but continues to ship baby bottles made with BPA to other countries. Babies born in third world countries, it seems, must have a higher tolerance to toxic chemicals than American babies. Then again, U.S. corporations have always dumped chemicals onto other nations after they were banned or regulated in America (Big Tobacco, pesticide manufacturers, drug companies, etc.). Get articles like this delivered to you FREE in our popular email newsletter
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