I’ve noticed a large number of baby-related articles from breastfeeding studies to bizarre birth stories, so let’s see what is making the news this week:
Stainless steel baby bottles are finally starting to hit store shelves and I like what I see so far. Parents ditched heavy glass bottles in droves when lighter plastic products became available, but the threat of bisphenol-A (BPA) found in many plastics sent many right back
A new study by the University of North Carolina suggests that pregnant women exposed to bisphenol A’s (aka BPAs) are more likely to have hyperactive or aggressive daughters. The urine of 249 pregnant women in Cincinnati was tested for bisphenol A between 16 and 26 weeks of pregnancy, and nearly all of the women were [...]
If you haven’t been to ZRecs lately, you would probably surprised to hear that none of the “3 Things to Do with Your SIGG Bottle” listed below include drinking water. As it turns out, the epoxy lining used in SIGG bottles for many years (bottles manufactured before Aug 2008) contained hormone-disrupting BPA (bisphenol-A). It appears [...]
This week in baby news: IntactAmerica.com Launched: Group against male circumcision launches new website to change attitudes towards the surgery (more at IntactAmerica.com) BPA Substitute Coming Soon: The Eastman Chemical Company and Dr.Weil are
And now for today’s baby news: Baby Babble and the Boob Tube: A new study published in the Archive of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine suggests that a child’s language development may be inhibited when parents and babies watch TV simultaneously. The child will hear approximately 770 fewer words per hour of television watched… (more) BPA [...]
