Companies phasing out plastic baby bottles

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(KSL News) A company that makes hard, plastic baby bottles will start phasing the bottles out of stores because of a chemical in the plastic.

That chemical is bisphenol, or BPA.

Walmart is also planning to stop selling baby bottles with bisphenol.

Several health officials in the U.S. say exposure to BPA could have links to prostate and breast cancer, child development problems and early onset of puberty.

Canadian health officials are already pulling some of the baby bottles