It’s been all over the news the past few weeks as a possible health concern for young children.

It’s called Bisphenol-A also known as BPA, a chemical used to make some plastics.

The FDA has deemed it safe but all the recent attention is affecting the sales of a local business that sells Nalgene bottles, one plastic the compound is found in.

“We have seen the sales decrease in those especially here in the last couple weeks,” said President of Absorbent, Ink, Lee Eldridge. “It’s sure easy to assume that that is because of some consumer concerns. At this time we still carry Nalgene products that have been in news and have BPA in them and we are following closely and decide if and when it becomes prudent for us to take those off our site or not.”

Although Nalgene feels the product is safe, to allay public concerns it will phase out and start making it differently.

Both Wal-Mart and Toys-R-Us have said by next year they will have all plastic products BPA free, especially products for babies.

“The concern with infants and having it in baby bottles is that it can leech out and especially if whatever is in there is heated,” said ARNP at St. Francis Aimee Gross. “That increases the amount of Bisphenol that it comes into what you are feeding your baby and that it can effect their development.”

It has the effect of estrogen in the body and could cause early puberty in females and poses other health risks.

St. Francis is BPA free and has advice for parents.

“One would be not to use sippy cups or bottles that contain Bisphenol and another would be to themselves not use the hard plastic water bottles and that’s also used in some linings of canned foods,’ Gross said.

Different studies have shown different things about the chemical but some are hoping the research doors are opening wider because of the recent events.