Survey: What's in Baby's Bottle? EWG, the Environmental Work
Group, is a wonderful resource, a research and education
nonprofit organization that focuses on issues about family and
the environment. From the website: The mission of the
Environmental Working Group (EWG) is to use the power of public
information to protect public health and the environment. EWG is
a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded in 1993 by Ken Cook
and Richard Wiles. Anyway, one of the current projects EWG is
undertaking is working to ensure that potentially harmful
chemicals are kept out of the foods we eat. The following
information is direct from their website: "Bisphenol A (BPA) is
a hormone disruptor found plastic baby bottles and the lining of
canned foods including liquid and powdered formulas in steel
cans. While there has been a lot of attention to potential
exposures from plastic bottles, our calculations suggest that
BPA in formula could be a greater health risk. EWG is preparing
an independent analysis of infant exposure