The Avent and Dr. Brown’s BPA Bottle Recall Fiasco

Posted on July 24, 2008 in Health & Safety by little mochi

I’m pretty late on this BPA in baby bottles thing, but I guess it’s better late than never.

I recently received an email from a colleague of mine saying that there is a recall on Avent bottles. I don’t use Avent bottles. But I do use Dr. Brown’s baby bottles. So here’s the scoop on Dr. Brown’s.
I called the Babies R Us (BRU) store in Westminster. They are taking back up to 10 bottles, used or new, and swapping them for the new BPA-free bottles. But before you bring your Avent or Dr. Brown’s bottles to the nearest BRU store, you might want to call them first to ask if they’ll take the bottles back. Since there hasn’t officially been a recall (they are still within FDA guidelines and are still deemed to be safe), not all stores are taking them back. It’s under the branch manager’s discretion.

I know the Westminster branch will take them. You can bet that I’ll be bringing all 10 of mine in today!

I read something about sending Handi-Craft up to three UPC symbols of the new BPA-free Dr. Brown’s bottles and they’ll send you 3 of the same bottles for free. I called them to verify this and it’s true! What a great deal! Except…that promotion ended June 30th, 2008. Ouch, it was just last month!
Someone made some phone calls to a few BRU stores over the country to find out which store is participating and which isn’t. Click here for the link. 

What exactly is BPA anyway? It’s short for Bisphenol A and is the key component in the production of Polycarbonate plastic. Polycarbonate plastic is commonly found in baby bottles, CDs, medical devices, and household electronics. Long term exposure to low doses of BPA can lead to chronic toxicity in humans.

Good luck with your Avent and/or Dr. Brown’s bottles! Let me know which store you called or went to and whether or not they are taking your bottles for store credit.



Comments

4 comments to “The Avent and Dr. Brown’s BPA Bottle Recall Fiasco”

  1. Nancy Alderman on July 25th, 2008 4:43 am

    You might want to check Environment and Human Health, Inc.’s website for new report on “plastics That May Be Harmful To Children and Reproductive Health.” The report can be found at http://www.ehhi.org

  2. Cassie on September 17th, 2008 1:26 pm

    Hi there… The Baby R Us in Manchester, CT gave me a store credit and all I had to do is spend $1 more to use the credit which was easy to do. So I took 2 Dr. Browns and 4 Avent Bottles back and was able to purchase others with the credit. Better than nothing. Just wanted to say…when I called they didn’t tell me about this and actually offered $5 coupon for every $20 purchase…with NO credit or switch out… So kudos to Baby R Us. Also, Nubby bottles gave me a 100% switch out for their bottles that had bpa but almost 90% of their previous bottles had no bpa message but were high quality and had no BPA…they also have an amazing wing nipple bottle.

  3. little mochi on September 22nd, 2008 11:29 am

    Cassie,

    That’s great that you were able to get store credit. All of the Babies R Us stores should honor it – but it’s too bad that not all do.

    Thanks for your feedback! Enjoy your new bottles! By the way, did you notice anything different between your old bottles and the new BPA free bottles?

  4. Marcela on March 30th, 2009 8:52 pm

    Anyone return in Tucson az? I called BRU and didn’t know about it

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