Another BPA baby bottle lawsuit filed
Posted June 19th, 2008 by minortopics | via www.jsonline.comA group of parents in Ohio have joined the bishpenol-A lawsuit bandwagon, and have filed a class action suit against a number of baby bottle manufacturers including Evenflo, Avent, and Playtex, due to their inclusion of the chemical BPA in their manufacturing process. The harms of bisphenol-a to humans are currently up for debate.
Handicraft spokesman Steve Richardson declined to comment Wednesday. Playtex spokeswoman Jacqueline Burwitz said the company doesn’t comment on pending legal matters. A Gerber spokeswoman referred questions to Switzerland-based Nestlé SA, which acquired Gerber Products Co. from Novartis AG last year.
Messages for Nestlé, Evenflo and Avent were not returned.
A Journal Sentinel investigation last year found that an overwhelming majority of scientific studies spanning 20 years concluded that bisphenol A poses significant health risks to laboratory animals. Studies that found the chemical was safe were mostly paid for by the chemical industry. At the time, federal regulators had sided with the industry, downplaying the risks of bisphenol A.