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Turkey Day Recap
Dec 1st
It was a very nice Thanksgiving this year. Family from Indiana (Dad, Levi, Logan, Roseanne) came up to visit, Jen’s family (Dad, Julie, Cassidy) were in attendance. Jen and myself were obviously there. Dinner was hosted at Mom’s house as is becoming tradition now.
After we all enjoyed the lovely meal prepared by Jen and Mom, we played with the kids, watched some football and enjoyed each other’s company.
Here are some photos from the weekend… Lizzy in her turkey hat, Sam and Lizzy posing for a picture and the next four pictures are Levi and Logan riding the mopeds around the yard. I especially like Logan’s choice of scooters. :-)
Until next year… Happy Thanksgiving…
Safe Plastics for Kids
May 18th
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.