Washington State Senate Concurs With House BPA Ban 38-9

Olympia, WA— The Washington State Senate today overwhelmingly concurred with the House on the Safe Baby Bottle Act (SSB 6248), a bill to eliminate the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from baby bottles, sippy cups, and other children’s dishware, as well as from sports bottles. The vote was 38-9. Governor Gregoire is expected to sign the bill.

"We're very pleased with today's Senate action. Getting BPA out of children's dishware and sports bottles is commonsense given the mountain of evidence showing BPA is harmful to our health. Parents and other consumers want safer products free of BPA. Hopefully we'll see other products like food cans go BPA-free soon," said Ivy Sager-Rosenthal, campaign director with the Washington Toxics Coalition.

With passage of the bill, Washington becomes only the second state to ban BPA in sports bottles, and the fifth state to ban the chemical in baby bottles and other children’s food and beverage containers. Maryland and Wisconsin passed bans earlier this year and Minnesota and Connecticut passed bans in 2009. Several other states, including California, Vermont, New York, and Illinois have similar bans pending.

More information on the bill and reaction from supporters available here.