A few weeks ago The Today Show did a segment on how a lot of plastics are dangerous to use if heated in a dishwasher or microwave.

They referenced an article posted on http://www.iatp.org.  The PDF file is located here.

After looking through all of our baby/toddler products in our house,  99% of the cups, bowls, bottles, everything plastic was “not safe” to use according to the article.

I e-mailed the person listed in the article indicating that there were no real-world alternatives provided to the “bad” plastics.  I asked her for a list of known safe manufacturers and locations of where to purchase the safe items.

She e-mailed back with the following reply…

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From: KSchuler@iatp.org

Subject: RE: Smart Plastics Articles
Date: May 12, 2008 1:35:32 PM CDT

The Nuk is not on our safe products list- so it’s probably
polycarbonate. If you continue using, avoid heating and hand wash (as
you are doing already) with a mild soap to reduce leaching of
bisphenol-A (BPA).

We are working on a safe baby products fact sheet- when it’s done- you
will be able to find it at www.healthylegacy.org

In the meantime, here is list of safe sippy cups.  Many can be found at
retailers like Target, Walmart, Babies R Us, Whole Foods (which only
carries BPA and phthalate-free baby products), but some are only
available on line. 

- Avent: Magic Cups, Super Sport Cups
- Boon Sippy
- BornFree 
- First Years: Take N Toss Cups, Take N Toss Insulated Cups, Spill-Proof
Sports Bottle, Trainer Tumblers Fluid No-Spill Sippy, 
      FUNtainer Straw Bottles 
- Gerber: Sip & Smile, Easy Grip Insulated Soft Straw Cup, Insulated
Cool Cup, Fun Grips Color Change Spill-Proof Cup, Fun Grips 
       Color Change Spill-proof cup, Grins & Giggles Spill-proof cup,
Fun Grips Lil Sport Bottles Spill Proof  Bottle, Lil Trainer
Toddler Cup, Insulated Cool Cup
- GrowPure Multi-Stage Feeder and Sippy Cup
- iPlay Aqua Bottle 
- Kid Basix’s The Safe Sippy
- Kleen Kanteen
- Medela
- Munchkin: Cupsicle, Cupsicle Straw Cup, Big Kid Sippy Cup, Mighty Grip
Flip Straw Cup, Mighty Grip Trainer Cup, licensed character  Sports
Bottles, Re-usable Straw Cups, Re-usable Spill-proof Cups
- Nuby: 10 oz 3 Stage Wide Neck Easy Grip Feeding System with Non-Drip
Nipple; Insulated Soft Silicone Spout Cup, 10 oz Soft Spout Easy
9 oz Cup with Fat Flip-It Straw Cup, 12 oz No-Spill Sports Sipper, 7oz
Tumblers
- Playtex: Coolster Tumbler, Insulator, Einstein Training Cup, Sipster,
Create My Own, Quick Straw, Insulator Sport, Sip and Discover,  First
Sipster (all sippies by the end of 2008)
- The First Years: Take & Toss, Spill-proof Cup,Insulated Cup, Licensed
character sippy cups, Insulated Spill-proof Cup, 2 Handled
        Cups
- Sassy Spill-Proof Cups Sassy Snack Time Infa-Trainer Cup
- Sigg
- Thermos’ Foogo 
- Think Baby Training Cup
Kathleen

Kathleen Schuler, MPH
Senior Policy Analyst
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
2105 First Av. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: 612-870-3468
Fax: 612-870-4846
Cell: 612-382-5917
kschuler@iatp.org
www.iatp.org/foodandhealth

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Ms. Schuler, I thank you for your reply.  We’ve purchased some new/safe products to replace some of the items we had in our house.  

When will companies stop putting cancer causing chemicals in their products.  Or, at least put a huge warning label on them.