Remember in 2007 or so when I wrote about switching from plastic water bottles to SIGG bottles?
Well, guess what? SIGG has come out and admitted that the liner of their water bottles isn’t BPA (Bisphenol A) free. Many people, myself included, like to limit their exposure and that of their children to Bisphenol A in their food and drink containers.
SIGG has done just that with their SIGG Bottle liners manufactured after August 2008. The greater issue is that SIGG led people to believe that their water bottles were ALWAYS BPA free. So folks, like me, who wanted to reduce their exposure to BPA bought the bottles.
From now through the end of October, SIGG is offerring a return program whereby you can return your bottles with the old liner and have them replaced with new bottles. Follow the instructions at their website. You will have to pay to ship your bottles back to them.
We have 10 SIGG bottles that I will be sending back for my own peace of mind. But I still feel annoyed at the company for lying about the BPA in the first place.
I’ll be doing the Big Bottle swap.
http://www.bigbottleswap.com/Home.html
Sigg lost my business.
Comment by DW — September 8, 2009 @ 12:39 pm
If you want to get away from SIGG altogether out of spite, you still have a few days to take advantage of discounts on BPA-free bottles- see
http://www.coolmompicks.com/2009/09/the_big_bigg_bottle_swap_sigg_exchange.php
or
http://wantnot.net/2009/09/03/bpa-free-savings-bff/#comments
for more info.
Comment by Brigitte — September 9, 2009 @ 1:33 pm