Utahns Get Right with Polycarbonate Plastic. By Heather May, Salt Lake Tribune, April 28, 2008. "Utahns are making a run on stainless steel water bottles, glass baby bottles and BPA-free plastic bottles, sippy cups and pacifiers. Nationally, sales of BPA-free baby products are up five-fold over last year at Toys 'R' Us stores. [Bisphenol A or BPA is a chemical used in the production of the hard plastic, called polycarbonates, used for water and infant bottles and other food containers.] The concern... [was] prompted by recent news that... BPA could affect neural and behavioral development in fetuses, infants and children based on animal studies. Then Canada announced it would ban the import and sale of polycarbonate baby bottles. Then Wal-Mart and Toys 'R' Us announced they would phase out baby bottles made with BPA... Nalgene said it would do the same with its water bottles... Todd Schultz [of Kirkham's Outdoor Products in South Salt Lake] said sales of Nalgene bottles have dropped off while sales of [slightly more expensive] stainless steel bottles... have doubled over last year."
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