Why Stainless?

The entire family of Kid Basix stainless steel drink ware – The Safe Sippy™ no-spill cup, The Safe Starter™ baby bottle and The Safe Sporter™ water bottles – was created in response to the growing body of emerging scientific evidence about the dangers of toxic chemicals used to make many plastics.  It has been well documented that Bisphenol A (BPA) is the most worrisome of these chemicals, but other chemicals now being studied are now also cause for concern.

We chose stainless steel because it is clean, stable and durable.  Because stainless steel is stable and inert, it does not interact with the foods and fluids it comes into contact with.   So what you put in is what you get out. Stainless steel is also one of the most easily recycled materials on earth, making The “Safe” brand of drink ware a smart and green choice in a world trying to reduce plastic waste.

For more information on BPA and other issues related to plastics, please click on the links below.

Articles:

• Wall Street Journal on Sippy Cup Flat Spout Dangers
• Living Better with Plastics, Dr. Andrew Weil's Self Healing, September 2006
• Phthalates health risks, Medical News Today, March 20, 2004
  
• Scientists issue warning on chemical, Los Angeles Times, August 3, 2007
  
• Smart Plastics Guide, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, October 2005
  
• Phthalates Now Linked to Fat, Related Health Risks, University of Rochester Medical Center Press Room, March 14, 2007
• Bisphenol A Exposure Causes Meiotic Aneuploidy in the Female Mouse, Current Biology,
  April 1, 2003