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Baby Bottle Cautions
Are Chemicals Lurking in Your Baby's Bottle?
By Kelly Burgess
While BPA has been implicated in this specific study and in others, it's not the only culprit in the rise of some of the health concerns noted above. Environment California notes that there are more than 85,000 chemicals in commercial use. After their initial use these chemicals often find their way into our bodies and the environment.
Research conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found BPA in the urine of more than 95 percent of people they tested, indicating how entrenched these byproducts are in our environment. The noticeable rise in environmental awareness and activism over the past few years – often across political and ideological lines – is a direct result of the intuitive realization that products not made from natural ingredients may have unnatural consequences that we are just now realizing.
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