Adios Nalgene...

It's kind of interesting to track the probable demise of these Nalgene containers that were the rage in recent years. I mentioned it before when MEC first pulled the bottles from their shelves, but it now appears as though major retailers (HBC, Canadian Tire, Sport Chek, etc.)

There's an oddity, though, that the following snippet brings out:

As speculation mounts that the federal government will declare that common plastic food and drink containers are officially toxic, an odd twist is also emerging: Being declared toxic would not force the products off supermarket shelves.

The chemical bisphenol-A, used to manufacture a common form of plastic, would fall under the Canadian Environment Protection Act. And this doesn't force governments to ban or restrict its use in consumer products.

Even if it's listed as "toxic" under the CEPA law, bisphenol-A will could remain legal to use in baby bottles, liners of food and drink cans, and water bottles. The government would have the option to restrict bisphenol's use, or not.

(Calgary Herald)