My own bottles are sitting in my office, where I left them after I took that photo for the first posting on BPA. I have yet to throw them away. I did go out and buy Sigg aluminum bottles. According to Sigg, the aluminum bottle is lined but is also “FDA approved and independently tested to be taste and scent inert – and resistant to any leaching (0.0%).”
Friends (especially those with children), employees and anyone that knows me seem to have switched, too.
According to the NY Times, Canada has banned only infant bottles made with BPA, although Canada’s major retailers continue to pull all plastic bottles made with the chemical. In the U.S., Wal-Mart has dropped plastic baby bottles made with the chemical. Outdoor retailer REI has dropped bottles containing BPA and are actively promoting “BPA Free Water Bottles.” Nalgene, the water bottle company which made the bottles I was using, is phasing out the Outdoor line of polycarbonate containers that include BPA over the next several months. Nalgene has some BPA free bottles on the market now, too.
The good thing is these issues with BPA are leading to new, innovative ideas. Two smart moms from New York, Kim Maguire and Eileen Walker, have a brand new solution for taking beverages on the road without the BPA chemical. They are called Bevi-Bags, which are drink pouches that you can fill at home and throw in a lunch bag (it’s as easy as pour, zip and sip!).
So what we’ve seen is that the BPA issue has led to changes in my own water bottle habits, the products retailers carry and also led to innovative solutions!
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I am sorry to say, Sigg does not tested their liner properly to call it proven safe.
The liner in Sigg's aluminum bottle is an epoxy resin. Bisphenol-A , the cancer-causing main ingredient for polycarbonate is also the main ingredient for epoxy resin. This is why Sigg tests for leaching Bisphenol A. They test it by heating the liner up - which is one way to test for leaching. The problem is, Bisphenol A can leach in quantities that are undetectable by scientific tools but very potent to the immune system. One tenth of one trillionth of a gram of Bisphenol a can be detrimental the the sexual development of a fetus. The only way you can sufficiently test for this kind of leaching is by observing an animal after it ingests a liquid contained in a SIgg bottle. Sigg does not perform tests such as these and therefore cannot be considered safe.
Don't wait for popular news sources to tell you this- you might be waiting for a long time. It took 10 years before the FDA would recognize the dangers of Bisphenol-A/Polycarbonate.
This is the interview with the scientist who discovered the dangers posed by BPA/Polycarbonate 10 years ago. The FDA chose to ignore his and many other studies. Instead they chose to use studies done by the industry that was producing BPA which I don't need to say, is an obvious conflict of interest. Well, this is exactly what Sigg has done. And to top it off, the test for BPA but won't disclose the ingredients of their liner.
The best unbreakable option for a bottle is #304 stainless steel. I sell them, and Sigg might also. I don't care where folks get them - I just want to promote true product safety.
Kind Regards,
Amelia Royko Maurer
http://www.freemarketorganics.com
Thanks for posting a comment on this issue. I did find some information from Packaging Digest to discuss just this issue. The article is entitled
"Beverage Industry confirms PET plastic bottles and aluminum cans are safe-April 18, 2008".
Here is the link
http://www.packagingdigest.com/articleXML/LN779033912.html
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