Health Canada Releases Test Results Showing BPA in BPA-free Bottles

Alicia — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:05:14 +0000

We recently shared our thoughts on the test results obtained by Health Canada as well as our questions regarding the testing methods used. Now, thanks to a tip from Kevin Brodwick (Thinkbaby’s founder), we’ve learned that Health Canada has released the results! The study investigated migration of BPA from both polycarbonate and non-polycarbonate baby bottles and bottle liners. We’re impressed with their decision to publish the results and hope this will begin to shed some light on their strange findings.

It turns out that many of the major BPA-free bottle brands were shown to have a complete non-detect of BPA migration. If you remember, Health Canada had averaged all baby bottle brands together to form an average level of BPA migration. This left brands like Thinkbaby with the appearance that they contained small levels of BPA – which was not the case.

While opening the data for public scrutiny is certainly a step in the right direction, we see the need for much discussion and a complete re-test in the near future. After reviewing the test results, we remain unconvinced of the testing methods and have a whole new set of questions. Until we hear more definitive answers, we’ll continue holding our position of low concern.

>> REVIEW the full test results here.

Twitter Tuesday: Sophie the Giraffe Natural Rubber Teether

Alicia — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:42:25 +0000

It’s time for more Twitter Tuesday excitement and we’re pulling out the big guns this week.

We’ve heard non-stop requests for safer teething toys recently, so we’re answering the call by giving away our best selling teether, the Sophie Giraffe, to three Tweeters!

A little background on why Sophie is so popular

Handmade in France of flexible rubber and decorated with non-toxic paint
Lightweight and easy for the youngest baby to grasp
Easy on sore, teething gums
Makes a happy little squeak when squeezed
Babies especially love her bumpy head
BPA, PVC, phthalate and lead-free

How to enter

Join Twitter (if you haven’t already)
Follow us on Twitter @thesoftlanding
We’ll send out a contest announcement on Twitter at 3pm EST, and you’ll be entered automatically when you copy/paste that announcement and re-tweet it. Our tweet will look something like this: “Follow @thesoftlanding & RT to win: We’re giving away XYZ to the 50th person to tweet this!”
Those people who tweet at the right time will win! We’ll notify everyone with a message broadcast on Twitter containing the winner(s) Twitter ID when the contest is ends
The winners will contact us at info@thesoftlanding.com with their full name and shipping address to claim their prize
Don’t worry if you don’t win, because there’s always next week’s Twitter Tuesday!

P. S. By the way, when you follow us we’ll follow you back

P.P.S. New to Twitter? Never fear, we all had to start somewhere! Just follow these simple steps:

When you’re logged into your Twitter account, just click on the “Home” tab at the top of the page
You’ll see a box that says “What are you doing?” and that’s where you’ll type in your tweet, then click “Update”
To enter our contest, you’ll watch for our official tweet at 3pm EST then copy and paste it into that box, making sure to put the abbreviation for retweet “RT” and our Twitter ID before the rest of the tweet, like this (only for example): RT @thesoftlanding We’re giving away XYZ to 50th person to tweet this!

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Health Canada Releases Test Results Showing BPA in BPA-free Bottles

Twitter Tuesday: Sophie the Giraffe Natural Rubber Teether