If you haven’t heard the recent news about Sigg, the Swiss Manufacturer of aluminum water bottles – read about it at this link
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/sigg-bottles-made-before-2008-contain-trace-amounts-of-bpa/article1274799/.
The Globe and Mail has reported that their aluminum bottles that were made before Aug. 2008 have a liner that contains trace amounts of BPA’s – a plastic hardener that can mimic the hormone estrogen and is considered a potentially harmful chemical by the Government of Canada.
The government of Canada has dedicated much research and attention to BPA’s and is moving to ban BPA’s in baby bottles and liners. Go to their website to learn all about how Canada is protecting families from BPA’s through regulation.
http://www.chemicalsubstanceschimiques.gc.ca/challenge-defi/bisphenol-a_e.html
Why is Aniceto & Bigg providing this information to you? The answer is simply to empower families through education and information. We have extensively studied the water bottle issue for 2 years with regard to environmental impacts and health impacts of all types of bottles made of many materials.
We concluded that the safest, most environmentally friendly bottle to drink water from is high grade stainless steel (i.e. 18/8 or 304 grade). For the following reasons:
- It is the same steel used in high grade cook ware, in the dairy industry, in commercial kitchens and other food based industries and it is a proven safe material.
- Stainless steel bottles don’t have ANY liners. Therefore no epoxy or BPA’s to worry about!
- It is more corrosion resistant that lower grades of stainless steel i.e. 201 Grade. There are many of bottles on the market made of this low grade stainless steel and you won’t initially be able to tell the difference but over time this grade is more susceptible to rust. Also, at the end of its life – this grade cannot be recycle with other high grade stainless steel products because of the presence of Manganese.
- Manufacture of high grade stainless steel water bottles, when compared to aluminum water bottles are much less carbon intensive, meaning stainless steel bottles are more environmentally friendly to manufacture.
This is a great opportunity to let you know that the Ryan’s Well Foundation water bottle offered by Aniceto & Bigg is the highest grade stainless steel (18/8) as stated on each bottle. We researched for several months the best manufacturer and supplier to provide us with the best product. We looked at the full life cycle of this bottle and were even able to source the manufacturer of the steel to the manufacturer of the bottle. We made sure that it was made in a socially responsible facility ( this is confirmed), and the facility has ISO 9001 certification for quality and the product has been tested by SGS – the leading organization for verifying quality, composition and integrity of thousands of products used world-wide.
Please feel free to contact us about this story, it is one that we are very passionate about.
