After a bit of looking over the weekend we realized that although the liquid-holding body of our sippy cups were phthalate and Bisphenol-A (BPA)-free, the lids weren’t. Further, our daughter’s pacifiers have BPA in the shield that holds the nipple and that…basically everything in our house has something bad in it. After throwing [...]

We keep reading about how bad the stuff in our house is, but I’m still confused about what it all is and why I should be worried about it. So here is the Cliff’s Notes version:

Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a component in plastics (mainly polycarbonate [recycling #7], which is clear and shatter-resistant) and the epoxy [...]

Once I started thinking about the issues with polycarbonate leaching bisphenol-A into my kids’ warm milk it really started me wondering about all the other plastics we use. The Gladware we use for all our leftovers (we have about 20 entree-sized ones and use them for everything)? Plastic wrap? I’ve presumed that [...]