BPA, why is it bad?

[K1990]

I posted this on the Maternal Fourm but everyone was very rude and never answered my question.  I have looked in the past posts and can only find people talking about bottles with BPA but not really an explanation on why it is bad.
I have seen several posts about bottles and BPA and have never even heard of it until coming on this site.  What is BPA and why does everyone think it is so bad?  Thanks!

[sweetangel7]

"Organic" when used with chemical doesn't have the same meaning as "organic" when used with vegetables etc. It does not mean safe by any degree.  In the 19th century this classification was created to differentiate between things created by living things and non living things.  This was later proved to be inaccurate however the name still exists and is more widely accepted as meaning organic=carbon based and inorganic=compounds such as carbonates, simple oxides of carbon and cyanides, as well as the allotropes of carbon  One American dies of cancer every minute!  I know many of us were raised on plastic bottles, microwave meals and other plastics that we came in contact with BUT there is no other real explanation as to why 1 in three Americans are now being diagnosed with cancer etc.  I'd be leary of the BPA.

[CYW]

APPARENTLY new researches have been found that BPA isn't AS serious as they made it to be...whether it's true or not.. i don't know.. my son never had a BPA bottle...i think alot of things cause dangers...its like my ex mil said, baby powder should have been banned way before BPA BUT...I use baby powder, always have and i mean it's been a year and hes fine...

[K1990]

Thanks so much for the response!  It is greatly appreciated.   I think it is kind of weird because I was bottle fed with a plastic bottle and everyone else I know was as well and no cancer.  Well thanks for the response, when I looked it up on google it said it was an organic chemical... weird!  Thanks!

[BTS1022]

BPA is a chemical in plastic bottles that is believed to cause cancer and other issues in children who used plastic bottles.

It is said that the chemical BPA is only released when the plastic is heated up, and it causes the chemical to mix with the formula of the baby.

I believe it is known to cause cancer, autism and a few other things. Im not ontop of the BPA thing as much as some women on here, but I just wanted to post what I knew of the BPA crisis.

Im not going to worry about BPA or BPA free bottles. My bottles are usually not warmed up enough to cause a big issue. That and my other 2 babies turned out to be prefectly fine using plastic bottles.

I do believe the BPA is only released when the plastic is heated to a certain degree, but I could be wrong.

Hope this helped a bit!