Health and Fitness

As I started purging potentially BPA-laden products from my home, I had a moment of panic when I realized that the Brita water pitcher I use to filter my drinking water could potentially be leaching BPA. Luckily, that is not the case. A quick google search found this article, which cites the manufacturers of Brita filters and pitchers among other sources, and it turns out Brita is made from a type of plastic that does not contain BPA.

This is reassuring - since reading The Body Toxic I’ve seen headlines about new study results confirming that BPA exposure can be harmful to fetuses and infants - and as a mother of a 6-month-old, protecting my son from potential harm is always on my mind. I bought him a BPA-free sippy cup, and I’ll be buying baby food in jars rather than the convenient plastic containers. (Better yet, I’m going to cook some organic veggies from my mom’s garden & run them through a food mill - healthy organic food for my son that’s practically free.)