return your unsafe Avent baby bottles

So I caught online a few days ago from a couple of different sites that Babies R Us and/or Toys R Us were participating in a return program accepting Avent baby bottles back and giving store credit in exchange. Call your store ahead of time and ask if they are participating and how they are handling the return. My local Babies R Us was requiring a receipt and only exchanging bottle for bottle (a BPA free brand). *BUT* my local Toys R Us was accepting all Avent bottles no questions asked and no receipt required and giving a full store credit refund. So I brought in 9 9oz bottles and came out with a $42 gift card for later!

For those who aren't up-to-date on the "bad plastics" thing, Avent bottles contain BPA which has been long suspected and recently publicly deemed not-so-good for us to have in contact with our foodstuffs, heated liquids in particular. There is not an official "recall" on this yet, but it's finally becoming better known the risks of exposing yourself and your family to BPA. Food for thought on this topic...check the plastic storage containers you use, the sippy cups, plastic reusable plates/cups/bowls/silverware, water bottles. If any of these items are marked with recycling # 1,3, 6 or 7 they are made with plastic that is now being advised as unsafe...as a smart friend of mine told me, just use that "unsafe" plastic storage ware for storing legos. Stick to recycling # 2, 4, 5 and avoid microwaving and dishwashing (heating) your safe plastics as much as possible. And at the risk of going on and on about this topic lol, I've got tons more info and links if anyone wants to ask, like links to pages on safe sippy cups and child products.