True or false: All aluminum bottles are BPA-free.
The answer would be false.

Michael Hodgson, SNEWS

Published: 2009-08-21

Link: snewsnet.com

When concern over BPA in polycarbonate bottles reached a feverish pitch in late 2007 and early 2008, those selling aluminum bottles, including SIGG and Laken, benefited greatly as retailers and consumers scrambled for water-carrying alternatives. SIGG reported at one point it could hardly keep up with consumer demand. Consumers, retailers and most mainstream media assumed incorrectly aluminum bottles were BPA-free.

In truth, until quite recently, the lining of all aluminum bottles contained BPA. Even today, it appears most aluminum bottles coming out of China still are coated with epoxy linings that contain BPA.

Much of the past and current confusion stemmed from the fact that neither SIGG nor Laken publicly disclosed, prior to this article, that their bottle linings before August 2008 did contain BPA.

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(click here to read the May 5, 2008, SNEWS® editorial, “SNEWS® View: BPA reaction driven by the power of consumer perception, right or wrong.”),

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