Healthy Child Healthy World Announces Official Partnership with Klean Kanteen

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Healthy Child Healthy World Announces Official Partnership with Klean Kanteen

Healthy Child

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Healthy Child Healthy World is proud to announce a long-term partnership with Klean Kanteen, the original maker of lightweight, BPA-free, stainless steel water bottles.

“We're committed to helping parents create healthy, non-toxic environments where their children can flourish” said Executive Director and CEO, Christopher Gavigan. “Part of what we do is navigate the consumer marketplace and guide parents toward safe, sustainable products that protect and enhance their children’s health.”

For more than 18 years, Healthy Child has selectively collaborated with groups and companies that focus on reducing and eliminating chemical exposures from family environments. Klean Kanteen gives families an alternative to the use of plastic bottles, which have many health implications for the consumer.

Klean Kanteens were developed out of concern for the negative health and environmental impacts associated with the pervasiveness of plastic in our food chain. In particular, they’ve address concern about bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical widely used in plastic-based household products.

Disturbing scientific evidence indicates that BPA has the potential to act as an endocrine-disrupter when ingested. The suspected health effects of BPA exposure can be linked to dysfunction in the brain, behavior, and prostate gland of fetuses, infants, and children at current human exposure levels. As it relates to plastic products, BPA is dangerous because of its ability to leach out of containers when influenced by high heat or acidity, and contaminate the food or drink housed inside.

Heightened awareness has led to the birth of a BPA-free marketplace committed to products that avoid the chemical hazards of plastic. And Klean Kanteen has been at the vanguard of this movement, offering the best solutions on the market.

In addition to providing a healthy, long-lasting beverage container, Klean Kanteen is committed to supporting organizations such as Healthy Child Healthy World that work to identify and eliminate toxins from our lives.

And with the introduction of Klean Kanteen’s Sippy Cup Collection, there is further focus on alignment between the two. Parents have the ultimate peace of mind that their child is protected from chemical intrusions when using Klean Kanteen’s Sippy Cup. “You won’t ever have to worry about chemicals, toxins, or strange flavors leaching into your child's water or juice,” said Gavigan. “We’re thrilled to be able to offer Klean Kanteen’s products as a safe alternative to parents.”

Healthy Child has been educating the public about environmental hazards for the past 18 years, and has consistently turned to Klean Kanteen for high-quality alternative product solutions. A partnership between the two - one re-shaping public awareness, the other re-shaping the consumer marketplace – symbolizes a commitment to better, safer products that protect the health of American families.