Body: <p>LEGO has recently released Friends drinking bottle <a href="http://brickset.com/sets/850817-1/Drinking-Bottle" rel="nofollow noreferrer">850817</a>, but there's no mention anywhere (not on the product itself, not on the <a href="http://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Drinking-Bottle-850817?fromListing=listing" rel="nofollow noreferrer">product's web page</a>) as to whether the product contains BPA (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bisphenol</a>), a dangerous chemical (especially for children) commonly used in bottles. </p>
  
  <p>Question: Does this product contain BPA?</p>
  
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  <p><strong>Edit:</strong> This is not a duplicate question because it concerns a drinking bottle released in 2016, not vintage LEGO bricks. In addition, please note that the bottom of product 850817 has a recycling symbol <a href="http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/FoodAdditivesIngredients/ucm355155.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">with the number 7</a>:</p>
  
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    <p><strong>How Can You Tell if a Container Has BPA?</strong><br/>
    A resin code of 7 appearing on plastic containers indicates that the container may be made of a BPA-containing plastic. (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) </p>
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  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/hSNX2.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/hSNX2.png" alt="Bottle"></a></p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2016-04-11T13:47:53.387Z
Comments.Text: Possible duplicate of [BPA in older Lego](http://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/7471/bpa-in-older-lego)
Comments.UserDisplayName: chicks
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-04-11T23:09:41.827Z
Comments.Text: http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/FoodAdditivesIngredients/ucm355155.htm ... http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/21/bpa-safe-yet-another-scientifically-unfo
Comments.UserDisplayName: Aaron D. Marasco
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-04-12T12:56:29.997Z
Comments.Text: This is a question about a specific water bottle, rather than LEGO bricks in general as in the possible duplicate, so I'm going to leave it open.
Comments.UserDisplayName: jncraton
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-04-25T07:27:15.840Z
Comments.Text: I have now been in touch with official LEGO representatives, but they were unable to give a satisfactory answer to the question. It appears it cannot be ruled out that these bottles contain BPA.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Gruber
Tags: <friends><accessories>
Title: LEGO Friends drinking bottle (850817) containing BPA?
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ThreadText: # LEGO Friends drinking bottle (850817) containing BPA?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-04-11)
  
  LEGO has recently released Friends drinking bottle [850817](http://brickset.com/sets/850817-1/Drinking-Bottle), but there's no mention anywhere (not on the product itself, not on the [product's web page](http://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Drinking-Bottle-850817?fromListing=listing)) as to whether the product contains BPA ([Bisphenol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A)), a dangerous chemical (especially for children) commonly used in bottles.
  
  Question: Does this product contain BPA?
  
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  **Edit:** This is not a duplicate question because it concerns a drinking bottle released in 2016, not vintage LEGO bricks. In addition, please note that the bottom of product 850817 has a recycling symbol [with the number 7](http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/FoodAdditivesIngredients/ucm355155.htm):
  
  > **How Can You Tell if a Container Has BPA?**  
  > A resin code of 7 appearing on plastic containers indicates that the container may be made of a BPA-containing plastic. (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
  
  [![Bottle](https://i.sstatic.net/hSNX2.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/hSNX2.png)
  
  **Tags:** friends, accessories
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Possible duplicate of [BPA in older Lego](http://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/7471/bpa-in-older-lego)  
  > **username_2**: http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/FoodAdditivesIngredients/ucm355155.htm ... http://reason.com/blog/2015/01/21/bpa-safe-yet-another-scientifically-unfo  
  > **username_3**: This is a question about a specific water bottle, rather than LEGO bricks in general as in the possible duplicate, so I'm going to leave it open.  
  > **username_0**: I have now been in touch with official LEGO representatives, but they were unable to give a satisfactory answer to the question. It appears it cannot be ruled out that these bottles contain BPA.  
  
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