The city that blazed a consumer protection trail by banning phosphates would become the first in the nation to ban baby bottles and cups containing the potentially harmful chemical bisphenol A, under a proposal advanced by a Chicago City Council committee today.
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Last year, Aldermen Edward M. Burke (14th) and Manny Flores (1st) introduced a measure that would have banned nearly all products made with BPA used by children under 7. That proposal never went anywhere.
Today, they unveiled a softer version and rammed it through a joint City Council committee after just a few minutes of testimony.
The new version would narrow the scope of the ban to "any empty bottle or cup specifically designed to be filled with food or liquid to be used primarily by a child under the age of 3."
Stores would be required to post signs alerting consumers that items are BPA-free.
Enforcement would be shared by three city departments: Health, Environment and Business Affairs and Consumer Protection. But, Burke acknowledged that the ordinance would be largely "self-policing."
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Chicago could have nation's first ban on BPA in baby bottles, cups
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