In a new study, a research team at Yale School of Medicine has provided further evidence that exposure during pregnancy to BPA causes permanent fertility defects. Led by Professor Hugh Taylor, the Yale study is the first to show that BPA exposure permanently affects sensitivity to estrogen.

A number of harmful chemicals are used in the production of plastics used in baby products. These include BPA, PVC & Phthalates. These chemicals have been proven to be absorbed into our bodies and have been blamed for the rise in the number of people suffering from cancer, asthma and infertility.

Bisphenol-A - known as BPA - is found in hard, clear plastics such as baby bottles, plastic water bottles, soothers, teethers and food containers. It is also found in metal-based food and drink cans - including baby formula cans. It has been found that with heat BPA leaks into food and drink.

After such a long winter, Spring has finally arrived! This is the time of the year where the spring cleaning bug will start to bite. It's the time of the year where we all attempt to reorder our lives by organizing our home and getting rid of unnecessary items. For most of us this simply means "de-cluttering" and tidying up each of the rooms in our homes.

On 24 March, the upper parliamentary house in the French Senate has backed proposals to ban BPA in baby feeding bottles pending the results of ongoing assessments by the French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA). Whilst the ban still depends on the approval of the French Assembly, it seems likely that the debate about health risks of BPA is likely to grow in continental Europe in the months ahead.

Two powerful articles have appeared on The Independent website today on the prevalence and the danger of BPA in baby products sold in the UK.

In the first article, Michael Hickman, the Consumer Affairs Correspondent, highlights the fact that it is still legal for BPA to be used in baby products here in UK, in contrast to Canada and some US states where BPA has been banned in baby bottles.

While the Oscar season has dominated media news recently you would be forgiven for not noticing the other major awards event in Hollywood. After all, who is wearing what designer and is on the arm of which star or starlet is perhaps even more exciting than the awards themselves!

But on March 3rd, CHANGE (which stands for “Californians for a Healthy & Green Economy)” hosted its first red carpet awards event, presenting “Toxies” to what the organization calls Bad Actor Chemicals.

Hollywood actress Halle Berry has said "Natural mat was one of my must have items." Many of VUPBaby customers would agree, not least as Natural Mat is a market leader for its organic mattresses.  Babies spend a lot of time sleeping so it is important to select the correct mattress and Natural Mat mattresses provide the safest sleep possible for babies and like all VUPbaby products the mattresses are chemical and PVC free.

The pressure on UK regulators to formally recognise the potential harmful effects of BPA on health has increased following the latest findings of researchers from the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Exeter.

In their latest study, researchers have confirmed their previous findings that there is a statistically significant link between urinary BPA levels and the incidence of cardiovascular disease.

VUPbaby hopes this latest study will further keep up consumer pressure on UK regulators to restrict and even ban the use of BPA in all food-contact products.

While there is a lot of news articles and medical research dedicated to the potentially harmful effect of plastics and other chemicals on the health of babies and young children, it is easy to forget that drinking from plastic bottles is also so harmful to the health of adults.

This article from the discovery channel is a good reminder of how drinking from plastic bottles is harmful for human health, whether your young or old.