POSSIBLE SENATE FLOOR ACTION
SB 6248: Regarding the use of bisphenol A. (a.k.a. The Safe Baby Bottle Act)
POSITION: SUPPORT
- The Safe Baby Bottle Bill (2SHB 1180) passed the House 95-1 last week and included a ban on BPA in sports water bottles.
- The Food and Drug Administration recently reversed its opinion on the safety of BPA and is now concerned about the hormone disrupting chemical's use in baby bottles. In its new opinion on BPA, the agency cited the potential for effects on the brain, behavior, and prostate gland in fetuses, infants, and young children among the reason for their concern.
- Please ask for and support Sen. Ranker's amendment that will put sports water bottles back into the bill. Sports water bottles are used by children and pregnant women. A 2009 Harvard study found that drinking from a polycarbonate water bottle increases BPA levels by up to 69%. The Departments of Ecology and Health support banning BPA in sports water bottles because there are safer alternatives.
