Is your plastic bottle safe?

Mary Ellen Pollock, Clermont, FL — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:55:52 GMT

I was disappointed in this report. There are many different types of plastic containers. Not all are under investigation for containing BPA. Please help to inform the public by including a discussion of the recycle codes on the bottom of the containers to help further identify those that MAY contain BPA and those that MAY NOT contain BPA.

Is your plastic bottle safe?

Shirley Beck, Steubenville, OH — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:59:44 GMT

Are Avent baby bottles ok or not? I caught the end and missed the lead in on the safety of these bottles that we use. I only saw the bottle in the display used.

Is your plastic bottle safe?

Jay Lyon, South Burlington, VT — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:00:39 GMT

I watched this story on your broadcast this evening and was disappointed to see that a wide array of PET beverage bottles were used as a background by the reporter and as an illustration of potentially unsafe products. If you were really doing your homework on this topic, you would know that PET, which is the material used to make almost all single-use beverage bottles, contains no BPA.

NBC Nightly News should be sensitive to the messages that they send to their viewers not only in words, but in images. I would categorize this as inaccurate reporting. For shame.

Is your plastic bottle safe?

Lizzi, Delaware, OH — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:14:43 GMT

I would really like to know which bottles are safe to use. I am about to have a baby and I need to know this.

Is your plastic bottle safe?

Teresa Holler, Va — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:41:15 GMT

Polycarbonate plastic, often identified by the number 7 in the recycle code, can leach plastic into the contents. Some products identified as number 7 are not polycarbonate so you may have to call the manufacturer and ask for a written assurance that it is not.
I wonder who the children are that are in the study. I certainly would not want my child enrolled.

While the agencies designed to protect us waste time requesting more research and arguing over arbitrarry safety levels, consumer demand is driving toxic prodcuts off store shelves. Please join us by simply shopping smarter and spreading the word! Teresa Holler www.holler4health.com

Is your plastic bottle safe?

Teresa Holler, Roanoke, VA — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:01:12 GMT

Hi Lizzi,
Check out www.newbornfree.com. They offer a selection of BPA and phthalate-free baby bottles(another dangerous substance in plastics)
Kirds 'r us has just begun carrying the newbornfree bottles (they are cheaper their)but they are having trouble keeping them in stock. Also, Evenflo makes a glass bottle with a silicon nipple.

A fairly recent stufy by the Environment California Research and Policy Center revealed that all 5 baby bottle brands they had tested leached BPA into the fluid within. (Shirley, the study included the brand you mentioned.)
Hope this is helpful; keep your kids safe!
Teresa Holler www.holler4health.com

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Liz Mitchell, Twin Falls, ID — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:13:31 GMT

TO Lizzi Delware:

Use GLASS BOTTLES, G L A S S Bottles!!!! THEY can actually be boiled, you can see they are clean, they smell fresh and a whole nation was raised on them, many of them called "THE GREATEST GENERATION", now we have what is called, "THE DUMBEST" generation, stop using plastic for your babies, or breast feed and YOU stop drinking out of plastic.

Is your plastic bottle safe?

Peter Gervasoni — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:01:45 GMT

This new feature was misleading and ill informed. The consistant use of the term "plastic bottles" by Mr. Williams instead of plastic bottles made of X or Y material creates confusion and spreads dis-information. The largest majority of "disposable plastic bottles" (water & soda bottles) are made from PET which contains no BPA whatsoever. Furthermore, a large percentage of metal canned products are lined with plastic that contains BPA. I recommend research be performed prior to reporting potential dangers to an unknowing public.

Is your plastic bottle safe?

Kathleen L. Turner, Hailey, Idaho — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:44:07 GMT

The dose makes the poison. When you have a choice, it would seem prudent NOT to drink or eat foods from plastic containers, limiting exposure since we "don't know" whether a specific plastic is a problem.

With the long list of petrochemicals that have invaded our lives under the guise of making life more convenient, we may in the end find that the toxic load provided by the chemical cocktail we indulge in daily delivers diseases that are accordingly as complicated as the names of the chemical culprits. Keep it simple.

Is your plastic bottle safe?

pam davis, sandy hook, ct — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:07:04 GMT

check out www.ourgreenhouse.com for safe baby bottles and other organic/natural baby products.

Is your plastic bottle safe?

Jennifer Porreca — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:51:02 GMT

What about reuseable plastic cups for daily use??? I work in a preschool and the plastic cups we use daily have the numbers mentioned in the recycling symbol.
Anyone have any ideas or where I can get information?

Is your plastic bottle safe?

Teresa Holler, www.holler4health.com — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:08:16 GMT

Dear peter,
I agree that certain plastics leach BPA and some do not. But other plastics leach different chemicals. For instance, the PETE that you mention, leaches antimony, which impairs our body's phase 2 detoxification system making us more prone to every chronic illness imaginable. Learn more about plastics by number and other avoidable toxins at www.holler4health.com.