Sigg BPA free bottles contain BPA anyway

August 24, 2009 – 1:15 pm – No Comment

There has been an uprising in the plastics community about BPA being added to the plastic bottles. BPA also known as Bisphenol A, is a endocrine disruptor. That means it has some kind of negative effect on your hormone balance.

The bottle company Sigg became so popular by letting people know about BPA and its dangers while attacking the makers of polycarbonate water bottle makers. Their marketing strategy was to blame these companies for BPA in their bottles and to let the consumers know that the bottles were leaking the chemical into whatever liquid was being put in the bottle.

So it turns out that until August of last year, Sigg’s water bottles were actually produced with BPA liners. Representatives for the company always said that the company’s water based epoxy liner was never found to actually be leaching BPA when they tested the liners, but no one really ever knew that the liners had BPA in them. It just came to light in the last few days that the bottles actually contained the chemical.

I find that this entire situation can be easily avoided by drinking water from a glass. Glasses are reusable and don’t contain BPA because they’re glass and not…well, plastic.

Water bottles made of stainless steel have become quite popular in the past few months since the explosion of the information coming out about BPA. However, I find that these types of reusable water bottles are difficult to wash, even in the dishwasher. I’m just afraid that they don’t get clean all the way.