Toxic Bottles

I've got this info quite some time back but didn't know how to put up 'document' here...So now, whilst waiting for daddy to collect the foodstuffs, Renee to wake up and before we get ready to set off, I decided to just extract(mainly just copy and paste lolz) the main part and post it up here for everyone's(who would be keen to know) benefit:

Scientific study finds leaching chemicals in clear plastic baby bottles - Written by Rachel L. Gibson Environment California Research and Policy Center
2007

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.......... 2
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY........4
INTRODUCTION....................6
BISPHENOL A: DEVELOPMENTAL, NEURAL, AND REPRODUCTIVE TOXICANT...7
Bisphenol A Causes Health Problems....................................................................7
Children are Most at Risk......................................................................................8
Bisphenol A Can Induce Chromosome Sorting Errors............................................9
Bisphenol A Can Lead to Early Onset of Puberty...................................................11
Bisphenol A Exposure May Lead to Obesity and Diabetes.....................................11
Bisphenol A Exposure Leads to Impaired Brain Development..............................12
Bisphenol A May Lead to Impaired Immune Function.........................................13
Bisphenol A is Linked to Increased Cancer Cell Growth........................................14
Bisphenol A is Associated with Sperm Defects .....................................................14
Bisphenol A is Linked to Impaired Female Reproductive Development................15
Bisphenol A Exposure May Lead to Miscarriage...................................................15
Animal Studies Predict Human Health Outcomes.................................................15
EXPOSURE TO BISPHENOL A IS WIDESPREAD.....................................................17
Bisphenol A Levels in Humans are Above Harmful Levels Found in Studies..........17
How Bisphenol A Gets into Our Body....................................................................17
REPORT FINDINGS: ALL BABY BOTTLES TESTED LEACH BISPHENOL A...............19
GOVERNMENT FAILS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM TOXIC CHEMICALS.........22
Chemicals Enter the Market Before Being Proven Safe for Human Health...............22
Labels are not Required for Consumer Products Even if They Contain Potentially
Hazardous Chemicals............................................................................................23
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICYMAKERS.........................................................25
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARENTS....................................................................26
METHODOLOGY...................................................................................................28
APPENDIX A........................................................................................................30
NOTES..................................................................................................................31

The above are the contents that could be found in the book if one is interested in acquiring it.

I'll just put up the 'main part' :

Popular Baby Bottles Sold in California Leach Bisphenol A at Harmful Levels. Based on a consumer survey of the most popular baby bottle brands on the market, we selected five bottle types to determine the amount of leaching from each bottle. We found that the bottles tested from all five brands leached bisphenol A at levels found to cause harm in numerous laboratory studies, including:
• Avent
• Dr. Brown’s
• Evenflo
• Gerber
• Playtex

Table 1: Summary of Testing for Bisphenol A Leaching in Baby Bottles
Baby Bottle Brand Range of Bisphenol A Detected (parts per billion)
Avent 8 – 10 ppb
Dr. Brown’s 6 – 7 ppb
Evenflo 8 – 9 ppb
Gerber 6 – 7 ppb
Playtex 5 – 6 ppb

Good thing I don't use any of the above brand's... never understood why they were so popular in the first place...

There are alot more information provided in the full contents and anyone who wishes to read more, let me know, I can forward the documents(total 37 pages) to you.