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Ever since she heard that a chemical commonly found in baby and water bottles could be linked to reproduction problems, Salt Lake City mom Emily Baker has been cleaning out her cupboards.
She's stored away all her baby bottles and sippy cups, as well as her own Nalgene water bottles. For good measure, she's buying glass food containers.
Baker was recently found shopping at Babies 'R' Us in Midvale for a brand of plastic baby bottles made without the offending chemical, called bisphenol A or BPA. The estrogen-mimicking chemical is used in the production of polycarbonate plastics - the hard plastic used for water and infant bottles and other food containers.
"I know the [studies] aren't conclusive, but it's my kids," she said, with her 3-1/2- and 1-1/2-year-olds in tow. "I'm not going to wait until they are. Why take a chance when you don't have to?"
Local retailers can attest that Baker has company in her cautiousness. Utahns are making a run on stainless steel water bottles, glass baby bottles and BPA-free plastic bottles, sippy cups and pacifiers. Nationally, sales of BPA-free baby products are up five-fold over last year at Toys 'R' Us stores.
The concern
Baker and others have been prompted by recent news that the federal government has concern that BPA could affect neural and Advertisement
behavioral development in fetuses, infants and children based on animal studies. Then Canada announced it would ban the import and sale of polycarbonate baby bottles. Then Wal-Mart and Toys 'R' Us announced they would phase out baby bottles made with BPA. And Nalgene said it would do the same with its water bottles.
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