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bpa free water bottles
Is it worth the extra money to buy BPA-free plastics for your family? Is there really anything to worry about, do you think? We are about to have a baby and I am getting paranoid about it the more I hear about it over and over again. Advice?
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There is really no established evidence that BPA is biologically active in humans to a degree that is harmful. There was one study, usually called the Baker study, and other scientists have not been able to duplicate it's results.
In the States, the National Center for Toxicological Research (which is funded by Congress to do this sort of research) is currently running a really thorough study on the effects of ingesting BPA and so far, they consistently show that BPA has a negligible effect on human hormones except at extremely high doses-thousands of times more than what humans being actually consume. Just so it's clear, Negligible is the lowest term they have. In science-lingo that word means "if there is anything there, it's so small we either can't detect it, or there is so little has no visible effect on the outcome when studied", because scientists rarely say never, negligible is akin to "We can't find any evidence of an effect."
In my opinion, the idea that BPA is harmful is like the idea that vaccines could cause autism - it's might have been a somewhat reasonable question to study at some point - but now it's been utterly debunked and people are only promoting it to try to scare people and sell parents alternative products.
Of course, there are still smart people who study this who disagree, and think BPA is harmful even in the small amounts we all consume daily.
Do whatever you feel is right for you child and your family, but in your shoes, I'd certainly worry about the quality of my child's food, but if it were me there are probably other things I'd prioritize for my child's health other than avoiding BPA.
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I am sharing an article about BPA free plastics, namely an plastic item you can think of from storage containers, baby bottles, plastic dinnerware, soda pop and milk jugs etc...are all as bad because they all contain a synthetic estrogen.
A human of any sex exposed to too much of any type of hormone is going to be affected, but especially developing babies.
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I also remember reading in the past claims that the BPA was being blamed for under development of the male genetalia as the child grows and also the lack of a healthy male libido as they get to puberty age. But I cant find that one.
So to give your child a better head start development wise, I would suggest glass bottles or breast feeding. I highly recommend mothers milk over formula because there are also reports that there are ingrediants in baby formula that are not healthy for a baby either.
Our world today is a very toxic place and children are born with toxins in their bodies they got through mom along with all the good stuff. So that kind can't be avoided, but adding to it by use of certain products after birth can be avoided.
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