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Is Nalgene a publicly-traded company?

John Bucher

Granville Online

If so, it could be time to unloooaaad. The New York Times is reporting that Canadian government may be ready to declare as toxic a chemical widely used in plastics for baby bottles and beverage containers.

The compound is called bisphenol-a, or BPA, and it's found in polycarbonate plastics—very much like, um, the bottle your correspondent was drinking from five minutes ago (at right). BPA makes the plastic rigid and transparent but very unlikely to shatter.

Says The Times:
"A public announcement by Health Canada may come as early as Wednesday but could be delayed until the end of May. Canada would be the first country to make a health finding against B.P.A., which has been shown to disrupt the hormonal systems of animals."

For their part, Nalgene, which is based in Rochester, New York, continues to "firmly believe in the safety of [their] products containing BPA." They've posted an information page about BPA here.

Are you thinking twice about drinking from your polycarbonate drink bottle?