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2,480,000 tons of plastic bottles and jars were disposed of in 2008 (EPA):
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500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide every year - about 1 million per minute:
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40 billion use-and-toss plastic utensils are consumed every year in the U.S alone (Worldcentric.org):
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Is Laken a safe choice?

Yes, Laken bottles are safe. The Laken bottles we carry are lined with a flexible Polyamide lining that is 100% BPA-free and phthalate-free. View test results & BPA-free certification, and read more about the company's BPA-free bottles below.

Which liner do I have?

This image and this PDF will help you determine which liner your bottle has.

I have a bottle with the old liner. Is it unsafe?

Based on the test results and certifications we received from Laken, we do not believe bottles with the old liner are unsafe. Any leaching or migration of BPA would be in minute amounts, below 2ppb - the level of sensitivity used in test. (To put this in perspective, according to a Health Canada study, average bottled water contains 1.5 ppb of BPA). (Read more about BPA in our BPA FAQ.)

Tell me more about the new and old liners.

Old Laken liners, used in bottles manufactured before August 2008, contained a trace amount of BPA. Test results on these bottles showed that maximum leaching of 0.0032 mg of Bisphenol A /kg. To put this in perspective, it is more than 187 times below the .6 mg/kg SML (Specific Migration Limit) allowed by EFSA (European Food Safety Authority). However, we added Laken in Fall 2008, after they transitioned to a new BPA-free liner and only ordered bottles with the new, BPA-free liner. Laken’s new liner is a flexible Polyamide lining that is 100% BPA-free and phthalate-free. While all new BPA-free Laken bottles will come with a BPA-free logo, their original shipment of bottles did not have this logo but are made with the same BPA-free liner.

Old liner test results: