Question from Jennifer Lance
I am so excited to have found a non-leaching, safe sippy cup made by Klean Kanteen, the stainless steel alternative to plastic.
Klean Kanteen makes the best stainless steel water bottles. They are odor free and do not taste like metal. We have tried other stainless steel bottles that smell horribly and are lined with epoxy. Plastic/polycarbonate bottles leach bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical that mimics the hormone estrogen, and can cause chromosonal abnormalities.
Any Klean Kanteen bottle can be turned into a sippy cup by buying the adaptor and spouts. 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. Besides, as my daughter said, now my son is the coolest kid in preschool with his shiny Klean Kanteen sippy cup.
The only drawback to the Klean Kanteen sippy cup is it is made in China. 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.
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. Since signing the pledge to boycott Chinese products, I have become more aware of where the products I buy are made and have boycotted many Chinese products. Since the Klean Kanteen sippy cup offers the only alternative to plastic sippy cups I have found, I decided in favor of the safe, sippy cup.
Debra’s Answer
greenfeet.com sells the Kleen Kanteen sippy cup and also the sippy cup adapters. Just go to greenfeet.com and type “sippy cup” into the search box.
