Re: Just curious - whya ll the posts about BPA all of a sudden?

Re: Just curious - whya ll the posts about BPA all of a sudden?

Posted by LuvMy2Girls

Posted by dm24angel

Posted by LuvMy2Girls

Posted by dm24angel

I just dont get how anyone can take that risk when they can control it.

Do you eliminate ALL plastics from your household? Is everything in your house in glass?

It's impossible nowadays to totally control it unless manufacturers all start going back to glass like it used to be when we were growing up and i'm not just talking baby stuff.

Alot of what we used to ingest when we were little was in glass, manu's turned to plastic cause it's cheaper and seemed more appealing to consumers due to breakage.

My parents had a milkman deliver milk til i was like 13 years old-glass bottles. Hell mayo and mustard used to come in glass jars, remember that?

Things are different nowadays and it's scary, but how you can you say that anyone who eats of gives their child a plastic bottle or sippy cup is intentionally harming them or ignoring the studies?

These studies are just the tip of the iceberg, hopefully when our kids have kids the data and long term studies that are starting now will have CONCRETE evidence to back up the research now.

And the plastic that pose the most danger right now are 3, 6 & 7.

I know we always find ourselves in this debate, but that statement irked me.

Honestly...for me Im more lax on it and it may be hypocritical, I admit it.

For Noah, I am safe on an obessive level IMO b/c of all the studies.

I will protect him at any cost.

Will he occasionally have contact with it? Of course....He cannot live in a bubble, but I control what I can.

My statement above sounded harsh and I almost want to take it back, b/c your right, we all do what we can.

I never ate organic, I used plastic of all kinds, I used plastic water bottles....when Noah was born, I started reading up on it all...and I read and read and the scientific proof of disease, illness, harmful effects stagger me....I guess I feel like I should push people to do the same reading and do the same....I wish I could reverse any damage I have already done, to myself and him...

I guess I just wish we all could take better steps as much as we can to reduce risks for our children.

We cannot count on people like the government to help us. Cmon, they spend 1% of their time on issues like this and thats fact.

Im sorry if it offended, it wasnt my intent.

I will admit to being hypersensitive on the subject.

Donna i'm with you on everything you stated above, i've read everything you've read. It's scary when you think about how much now comes out that could pose a danger to our kids. The research wasn't there when we were younger and now these things are coming out.

So there's two end to the debate-do we believe these studies that are coming out or do we believe what the gov't says. There's been lots of studies and various things that have come out over the years that were disproved and when they were disproved never made it back into the media-ex-cell phones cause brain tumors-that was disproved but when it was disproved did that make the news? NOPE! and remember the egg studies-good for you, bad for you, good for you, bad for you, now it's the perfect food.

I haven't changed bottles, I dont' eat organic=honestly cause i can't afford it.

I sit here everyday and read about these stories about plastics and starting at 4months old my oldest dd had her formula warmed up in an advent bottle in the microwave, i fed her gerber babyfood in plastic containers along with beechnut and i'm scared to death now of the poison i could have put into her system, and my youngest uses doc browns, i don't warm them but they go into the dishwasher and i'm scared i've done something to her. I dont' want my girls reaching puberty at 9 years old. But what i can do? If i worry about every little thing i'd be nutso.

I'm not exactly sure what to make of these anymore, and honestly i was dead set against doing anything about it when these studies first came out until the gov't recalled them, but now, i'm more concerned and yes i check that number everytime now. I just wish i could get my oldest off warmed milk.

We all just want to do what's best for our little ones, it's just irks me that sometimes i feel i can't cause of everything around them can harm them. KWIM?

Re: Just curious - whya ll the posts about BPA all of a sudden?

Did the news state the number of children that suffered medical illnesses directly related to the bottles or exposure to the plastics in general? What medical illnesses/problems reult from exposure?


The intention is really to ask a question here..I haven't heard any numbers so I would be interested in more information. I have heard the word 'risk' used but nothing concrete yet so I am trying to understand more.

Re: Just curious - whya ll the posts about BPA all of a sudden?

I want to add that I have taken precautions when buying new stuff for Andrew and the house but I don't obsess about it by going throughout the house and throwing everything out. I didn't want it to seem like I don't care at all

Re: Just curious - whya ll the posts about BPA all of a sudden?

Posted by dm24angel

Totally know what you mean,,,and really I may be a hypocrite in certain areas and not even realize it.

I come off more harsh then I want to sometimes b/c I want to protect everyone. And I do feel lie I have done a lot of reasearch on it and have a lot of knowledge on it..

But I do get how hard it is...and I will admit if I was a working mom, Im not sure where I would find the time to obsess like I do now

Re: Just curious - whya ll the posts about BPA all of a sudden?

Re: Just curious - whya ll the posts about BPA all of a sudden?

I'm not worried because I used glass from the beginning.

IMO, we can't worry about every single little trace of "potentially" harmful ingredients. There is way too much other stuff going on that I have to worry about.

Re: Just curious - whya ll the posts about BPA all of a sudden?

Re: Just curious - whya ll the posts about BPA all of a sudden?

LINK TO REPORT

This one scared me.

It was Done by a NON profit corporation . ( they run the website Skin Deep that a lot of us use) Who the study is done by will depend a lot too.

Message edited 4/18/2008 9:50:54 AM.

Re: Just curious - whya ll the posts about BPA all of a sudden?

Posted by Ang-Rich

Posted by LuvMy2Girls

Here's a recent article on it

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24143555/

Thank you!

I stand by my original response...we will continue to use them for now.

Message edited 4/18/2008 9:50:23 AM.

Re: Just curious - whya ll the posts about BPA all of a sudden?

This article is a bit harder to read but it shows how the Government funded surveys and studies seem to be the one where no significant evidence is found ( these studies are PAID for) , meaning they get paid to do them.

Versus the non profits who do them out of their own pockets and seem to get different results.

Its very confusing to me as well who to believe.

LINK

Re: Just curious - whya ll the posts about BPA all of a sudden?

Posted by LuvMy2Girls

I still go back and forth on this topic myself. I guess i'm that gray area