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You've probably heard about the ruckus stirred up by the fact that the dangerous brain disorder-causing chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) has still been turning up places like water bottles, and worse—baby bottles. A number of states have banned products made with BPA. But how can you be sure you're safe from the BPA scourge when you shop online?
Simple. You can be informed. Case in point: around a year ago, Amazon quietly launched a shop devoted to BPA-free baby bottles. Nice, useful resource, right? Well, yeah—except for four of the fourteen "BPA-free" bottles listed were anything but. This ZNet investigation confirmed that four of the bottles—sippy cups and standard baby bottles loaded with BPA were being sold to unwitting customers.
Since then, Amazon has taken down its BPA-free bottles section and replaced it with a "Glass Baby Bottles" shop—which is a sure bet to be BPA-free.
The lesson learned here is that while shopping online is still king in convenience, poorly researched claims and offers can lead to sticky situations. It's tough to keep on top of every single manufacturer of potential BPA-ridden products, so if you want a safe bet, buy glass baby bottles online. Stainless steel baby bottles are a good way to safeguard against the chemical too. Or, these 5 green baby bottles have all been proven to be BPA-free. And you can buy all of them online.
So you don't have to give up the convenience of shopping online to keep your kids (and yourself) safe from the dangers of BP—you just have to keep your head up.
More on BPA Baby Bottles:
Six US Baby Bottle Manfacturers Walk Away From Bisphenol-A
Wal-Mart Dumps BPA Bottles ; More Studies Pan BPA
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