![]() ![]() My daughter likes to take herbal tea to school in her Klean Kanteen bottle. Another benefit of the stainless steel Klean Kanteen sippy cup is you can put hot beverages in it. I wonder what the other ingredients in the “water-based” lining of the Sigg bottle are, and how they hold up over time. The Klean Kanteen is stainless steel! There is no lining on the Klean Kanteen bottle either! Ideally, glass would be best, but obviously you wouldn’t want your toddler running around with a glass bottle. Glad to see there are more alternatives to the plastic sippy cups! I read an interesting article on the Sigg bottles: It would be difficult to inspect the inside of a water bottle for such damage. If the lining is damaged on your Sigg bottle, you are no longer safe from leaching effects. I do have concerns with aluminum food/water containers, even though the link to Alzheimers hasn’t been proven (look how long it has taken to “prove” global warming is human caused). I have seen these water bottles before, but not the kid versions. ![]() For more information on boycotting China, please visit Access to Awareness. Thus, I decided to violate my pledge by purchasing this safe, sippy cup. On many occassions, I have decided not to buy something because it was made in China however, the Klean Kanteen sippy cup offers the only alternative to plastic sippy cups I have found. Even Melissa and Doug toys are made in China! Since signing the pledge to boycott Chinese products, I have become more aware of where the products I buy are made. I have pledged to boycott Chinese products due to their human rights violations (especially in regards to Tibet), however I have found it almost impossible to completely avoid Chinese products. The company states it is “responsibly made in China”, but for a few of my friends boycotting Chinese products, this may be a tough decision. The only drawback to the Klean Kanteen sippy cup is it is made in China. Here are a couple links to articles discussing the dangers of plastic food and beverage containers: Besides, as my daughter said, now my son is the coolest kid in preschool with his shiny Klean Kanteen sippy cup. Of course the Klean Kanteen sippy cup costs more than plastic versions, but the cost is small when you consider the benefit to your child’s health. Any Klean Kanteen bottle can be turned into a sippy cup by buying the adaptor and spouts. An article a friend gave me stated that baby bottles are made of the worst kind of plastic, as well as the Nalgene bottles I have used for decades. Plastic/polycarbonate bottles leach bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical that mimics the hormone estrogen, and can cause chromosomal abnormalities. We have tried other stainless steel bottles that smell horribly and are lined with epoxy. They are odor free and do not taste like metal. Klean Kanteen makes the best stainless steel water bottles. I am so excited to have found a non-leaching, safe sippy cup made by Klean Kanteen, the stainless steel alternative to plastic.
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