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Three major brands of polycarbonate baby bottles sold in Canada — Gerber, Avent and Playtex — were tested by a Toronto environmental group and were found to leach the chemical BPA, especially when heated. The Playtex bottles leached the chemical whether heated or not. The true effects of BPA is still under debate, but we think everyone can agree that the less chemicals ingested by our kids, the better.

Tests conducted on three major brands of polycarbonate baby bottles sold in Canada found products from all the manufacturers leached detectable amounts of bisphenol A, a synthetic chemical that mimics the hormone estrogen and is a major component in many types of plastic.

The testing was conducted by Environmental Defence, a Toronto environmental group that issued its findings Thursday and is the first publicly available information on the seepage of BPA from polycarbonate baby bottles sold in the country.

The highest levels were found after the bottles were heated, which the group said was done to simulate the effects on the plastic of parents’ subjecting the containers to repeated high-temperature dish washing.