With the announcement of BPA being labeled ‘dangerous’ in Canada, many questions are being raised to the big names that produce baby/children’s products and their acknowledgment of BPA.  For parents that hadn’t heard anything about BPA until this announcement…now the big panic comes for replacing plastic products that store food, liquid or toys/products that can be mouthed.  A site that can help you wrap your brain around this issue is called Z Recommends.  This site and their product appraisal report is generated by the ZRecs who are obsessive product appraisers and tireless blog enthusiasts.  They have made it easy to choose who should receive your business when purchasing these items for your family.  If it scares you to know that Avent and Playskool were given a ‘poor’ rating meaning they’ve been unwilling to acknowledge consumer’s concerns regarding BPA in their products…check out this site.

One of my kids is still in love with a soother so I appreciated being able to look up safe ‘BPA free’ brands to replace the old soothers in our household. I LOVE how they’ve ranked companies, based on how they’ve handled the BPA controversy. They have a complete listing of BPA-free brands and note all the companies that are BPA-free in all products (bottle, sippy, utensil, soother, breastfeeding accessory, etc.).  Here is a listing of those companies  and I would gladly give these guys my business before the ‘big names’ for being front runners with tackling this ‘toxic’ issue:

Adiri ~ Baby Bjorn ~ Baby Cie ~ Babylife (Wee-go) ~ BFree ~ Born Free ~ Brita ~ Combi ~ DCI ~ Ezee Reach ~ Emily Green ~ Green to Grow ~ iPlay ~ Kidbasix ~ KidCo ~ Klean Kanteen ~ Medela ~ Mother’s Milkmate ~ Mud Pie Baby ~ Not Neutral ~ Nurture Pure ~ Obentec ~ ORE Originals ~ Prince Lionheart ~ Rivadossi Sandro (Trebimbi) ~ SIGG ~ Silikids ~ Skip*Hop ~ Steadyco ~ Thermos ~ thinkbaby

Also, if you can text message on your phone for low cost (depends on your plan), the Zrecs have a service that cross-checks their database of BPA analysis and sends the results to your cell phone.  So say you’re out shopping and want to know if a specific product is BPA free.  You text “zrecs”, then the company name, and the product description to the number 69866.  For example: “zrecs gerber bottles”.  You will receive a text back letting you know the BPA status of Gerber bottles.  The four categories you can check are bottles, sippies, soothers, and tableware. For more details visit their site, but W-O-W how helpful is that for parents?  Especially new parents that need to load up on safe supplies for their baby!

Thanks to the ZRecs for their tireless work in trying to clear up confusion for the consumer with purchasing BPA free products!