Baby bottles with Bisphenol-A now Banned in Europe
On Thursday, the European Union has announced the banning of baby milk bottles that are manufactured with Bisphenol-A in order to keep about half a billion kids in their region safe. The substance was apparently believed to be harmful and the new law is expected to be enforced beginning March 2011. The banning will cover selling these bottles in the market, as well as importing this.
According to John Dalli, the commissioner on Health, “[Parents] can now be assured that by mid-2011 plastic infant feeding bottles will not include BPA. This is the result of months of discussion and exchange of views between the commission’s services, the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA), the member states and the industry.”
This ban follows the move by Canada who has recently also just proposed a ban of the same toxic substance in feeding bottles last October. Australia and some states in the United States, are apparently also looking into this banning. Denmark has pushed the ban further to food products for those up to 3 years old, whose containers may also have Bisphenol-A.
Bisphenol-A is said to be harmless in small quantities but its long term effect have yet to be determined and tested. The ban is a move to be on the safe side, as we may never know what happens to the children when fed with them. “It cannot be excluded that there might be an effect on the development, immune response or tumour promotion,” Dalli further said.
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