Comments on: What’s IN YOUR baby’s bottle? by Wellness Coach Helen http://www.ctngreen.com/wellness/2008/10/whats-in-your-babys-bottle-by-wellness-coach-helen/ for the health and wellbeing of today's ec-conscious Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:15:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Joseph Jackowitz http://www.ctngreen.com/wellness/2008/10/whats-in-your-babys-bottle-by-wellness-coach-helen/#comment-50 Joseph Jackowitz Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:29:54 +0000 http://www.ctngreen.com/wellness/?p=29#comment-50 This is a great article. We found a very good piece of information regarding plastics which is pretty clear and concise about what all the numbers mean: There are seven classes of plastics used in packaging applications. Type 7 is the catch-all "other" class, and some type 7 plastics, such as polycarbonate (sometimes identified with the letters "PC" near the recycling symbol) and epoxy resins, are made from bisphenol A monomer. When these plastics are exposed to heat or hot liquid, bisphenol A leaches out 55 times faster than it does under normal conditions. Type 3 (PVC) plastic can also contain bisphenol A. Types 1 (PET), 2 (HDPE), 4 (LDPE), 5 (polypropylene), and 6 (polystyrene) do not use bisphenol A during polymerization or package forming; therefore, they do not leach bisphenol A into food or beverages. We were so happy to see what you said about pacifiers--my wife used her finger to keep baby quiet! This is a great article. We found a very good piece of information regarding plastics which is pretty clear and concise about what all the numbers mean:

There are seven classes of plastics used in packaging applications. Type 7 is the catch-all “other” class, and some type 7 plastics, such as polycarbonate (sometimes identified with the letters “PC” near the recycling symbol) and epoxy resins, are made from bisphenol A monomer. When these plastics are exposed to heat or hot liquid, bisphenol A leaches out 55 times faster than it does under normal conditions. Type 3 (PVC) plastic can also contain bisphenol A. Types 1 (PET), 2 (HDPE), 4 (LDPE), 5 (polypropylene), and 6 (polystyrene) do not use bisphenol A during polymerization or package forming; therefore, they do not leach bisphenol A into food or beverages.

We were so happy to see what you said about pacifiers–my wife used her finger to keep baby quiet!

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