BPA Free bottles with BPA Sterilizer?
ByI asked this question once before and got a bunch of responses saying I still do not need to sterilize my baby’s bottles. I would just prefer to. Now the bottles that I have are BPA free, of course. But for my baby shower I recieved an Avent Microwave Steam Sterilizer. And I heard that it contains BPA.
Now my question is- is it still safe to sterilize my bottles (BPA free) in the Sterilizer that contains BPA? Will it affect the bottles and leach into the formula when I make him a bottle?
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5 Comments
April 23rd, 2010 at 5:59 pm
As far as I know BPA is leaked during plastics reaching a high temperature such as when bottles as made up using boiling water. As a microwave steam steriliser has to reach an even higher temperature than this I would say it is possible that BPA will be leaked into the bottles.
April 23rd, 2010 at 6:36 pm
The chemicals will get on the bottles, so unless you were planing on washing them after, the chemicals will get in the formula. I would just try to return that one, and get a new one.
April 23rd, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Safe? Probably? So much is unknown about whether or not BPA actually does leach from the plastic at high heats or when the plastic is under stress and whether or not ingesting any of this possible BPA could actually cause problems. So, you’re probably fine using a sterilizer that contains BPA.
Are you sure that sterilizer actually contains BPA? I’m pretty sure this sterilizer is BPA free. Some descriptions I’ve found of it actually call it BPA free, and it doesn’t appear to have any plastics that could contain BPA. BPA is used in polycarbonate plastics. Polycarbonate plastics are characterized as being, well, like typical baby bottles. They are very rigid and strong plastics which don’t give much under pressure. They are also translucent (see-through, but can be tinted). The white base of the sterilizer can’t contain BPA because it is opaque, not translucent. The lid is translucent, but it doesn’t look like it’s made out of a rigid plastic. Is it? The tray might be polycarbonate plastic, but that’s doubtful. I can’t tell from images if it is translucent or not, but there isn’t a reason for it to be polycarbonate plastic. So, are you sure the sterilizer actually contains BPA?
If you’re really concerned, though, you can sterilize in a pot of boiling water and a lid. Boil some water, turn the heat off, drop the bottles in, and put the lid on. If you’re worried about the metal of the pan, boil the water and dump it in your crock pot.
April 23rd, 2010 at 7:44 pm
if you aren’t sure why keep sterilizing when it is unnecessary to begin with? that said, i really doubt that it would be in amts high enough to make a difference to begin with, much less get enough on your bottles to make a difference….how do you know that the sterilizer has it to begin with? have you contacted the manufacturer? if so, and they confirmed that it does have bpa, why not ask them to replace it with one that does not contain bpa ’so that you can continue to use their products’, ‘otherwise you will return it to the store and buy a different brand’ even if it has been to long to return it, they won’t know that…..worth a shot..tell them that you just bought their bpa free bottles, but if you return the sterilizer, you will return the bottles as well (even if you can’t) bc you just can’t support a company that can’t take care of it’s customers….worth a shot…and if they don’t seem to care, keep asking for a supervisor until you get one that does care….gl
April 23rd, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Is the part where you place the bottle hard, clear plastic? Like the clear plastic baby bottles or those hard plastic water bottles?If not then is does not contain BPA.
Plus you have already lowered and possible risk by changing bottles. So you are that much farther ahead.
More info on removing BPA from your child’s life…
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1059282/reducing_and_eliminating_your_babys.html?cat=5