Over the past couple of years, there has been much controversy about the little-understood chemical, Bisphenol A (BPA).

The compound is the source of much debate, and this is in part due to the fact that scientists simply cannot agree if it is harmful or not.  Numerous studies have been conducted over the past few decades but with varying results.  This led many lawmakers and companies to err on the side of caution and attempt to limit the public’s exposure to the chemical, particularly among children.

Bisphenol A is a chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins.  Polycarbonate is used to make common household items like baby bottles and water bottles.  Epoxy resin is used to coat the inside of cans for canned foods.

Infants and small children are estimated to have the highest level of exposure to BPA due to its prevalence in baby bottles and canned formula.  They are also especially vulnerable because they are less able to eliminate foreign chemicals from their bodies.  Because of this the majority efforts to limit BPA exposure have been directed at children’s products like baby bottles and canned formula.

Manufacturers began using BPA in plastics in the 1940s, but it did not draw controversy until several decades later.  In 1982, the National Toxicology Program (NTP) did a study to determine the possible harmful effects of BPA.  Scientists tested large doses of BPA on mice and found several negative side effects.  However, they did not test the effects of consuming relatively low doses of BPA.  As a result, the NTP found that ingesting low doses of BPA were not harmful, and the EPA set daily intake standards for BPA.

In the coming years, other studies began to investigate the potential harms of low doses of BPA.  Although scientists have not come to a consensus, the studies showing harmful affects of BPA have received much media attention.  The California State Legislature proposed a ban of BPA in children’s products in September 2008, but it failed to pass.  In 2009, twenty different U.S. states introduced legislation to try to limit children’s exposure to BPA.  The FDA and the NTP have both now declared that they have “some concern” about the effects that BPA has on people.  However, no federal regulation has been implemented thus far.

European scientists and lawmakers have been just as split on the issue as Americans, but in January 2011, the European Union banned polycarbonate baby bottles that contained BPA.  The ban included the manufacturing of baby bottles containing BPA as well as the sales and marketing of such products.

Canada has been the most aggressive country in limiting the public’s exposure to BPA.  The Canadian government banned BPA in baby bottles and canned formula back in 2008, and the final phase out of the chemical was complete in March 2010.

Due to heightened media attention and controversy, many corporations and retailers have voluntarily stopped making or selling products with BPA.  Fortunately, LA Container is one of those companies.  All of our polypropylene and polyethylene containers are BPA free and can be purchased through our online container store.

Here’s a funny stop-motion, animated short written and directed by NinoBuzz called Sorry Bro. It features a few of our Squeezetops containers in a comical ploy to take down an MMj bundt cake. LOL! Nice job.

6 dram Reversible lid vial with small medical cannabis label.

Medium medical cannabis RX bags available in three sizes.

We’re starting off the new year with a few new products to serve the wellness community. Be sure to check out our Medical Cannabis RX labels and Pharmacy style RX bags. RX labels are available in three sizes which will work with just about every medical marijuana container out there. The new pharmacy bags are also available in three standard sizes. Give your wellness products and medications the professional, legit look and feel they deserve. Both items contain general medical marijuana information that is not state specific. See the photos for details. Samples of these products are available upon request. We’ve also organized our wellness containers section in order to make it easier to find your products and place your order online.

Business card holder with sample containers.

We don’t usually post customer reviews but we thought this one was worth posting considering it’s about one of our new products. Adelia at Dermagic writes “Thank you for Creating these flip cap disks – We had been searching everywhere for a cool way to package our product samples, and still have it (be) affordable too – Our customers love this idea !” She combined our 120300 sample container with our LC372204 business card wallet to create a great way to hand out a business card along with product samples to their customers.

Dermagic specializes in skin care products for animals and is available in fine pet shops everywhere.

Clarke Container Push and Turn Vials

Clarke Container Green Neck Vials 40 dram

Many of our regular customers have been asking about traditional child resistant containers for several weeks now. Well, you ask and we deliver. Lacontainer now features Clarke Container vials which are available in two child resistant styles. The first is a push and turn prescription vial used in most pharmacies and drugstores. This is a proven design in use for many years. If having a container that is child resistant is important to you, then this is the perfect solution. We also now have available Clarke Container green neck vials which are not as common as the push and turn style but just as safe. These green neck vials have a tab that needs to be turned to alignment with a pair of markings on the neck before they can be popped open. Both styles are currently only available in the traditional UV Amber color. Please contact one of our sales advisors if you would like these in a color that is not available on our container shopping site.

Purple Pop Top Containers

The newest addition to our pop top containers line of colors will be a transparent violet. That will give you a total of six different colors to choose from. Those colors include clear polypropylene, transparent green, transparent amber, semi-transparent blue, transparent red, and the newest, transparent violet.

All of these containers are manufactured here in the USA with FDA compliant clarified polypropylene. The above listed colors are in stock and ready to ship, with the exception of the purple or transparent violet. Please contact us for availability and ship dates if you are interested in this new color.

BPA or Bisphenol-A was recently in the news again when Sigg bottle manufacturer stated in a letter to their customers that bottle liners manufactured prior to August 2008 contained trace amounts of BPA, although in-house testing found no leaching or migration of the chemical.

We have received several calls from our customers asking if our containers contained BPA or if we manufacture BPA-free containers. BPA or bisphenol-A for those of you who don’t know, is a chemical that is used to make epoxy resins and polycarbonate plastics. This chemical has been somewhat controversial because at certain temperatures it has been found to leach out of the packaging and into water, drinks, and food products in very small amounts. Although it currently seems the jury is still out on whether or not BPA leaching can cause harm when consumed, many consumers would rather be safe than sorry.

Lacontainer Inc. manufactures many polyethelyene containers and polypropylene containers that are BPA free. Those would include Lacons, Lavials, Microvials, Flexatop, Nucons, and Polyvials. Most of our products are currently manufactured with food grade polypropylene and polyethylene plastics that, to the best of our knowledge do not contain BPA as an addative. The styrene and CAS/BAS containers, may/may not contain BPA. Check the MSDS/spec sheet for these materials. If you have any concerns or would like to request a Regulatory Data Sheet for Chemical Products please feel free to contact our sales staff or our quality control department at 714-694-0101 .

ANTI STATIC  CONTAINERS 

Protect your electronic components from typical electromagnetic interference (EMI).. electrostatic or induced fields with our  static dissipative and conductive containers. The conductive material provides a barrier which these fields cannot penetrate and prevents the build up of electrostatic charges. Our containers are permanently conductive/static dissipative and are unaffected by washing with normal cleaners. Molded with  carbon filled co-polymer polypropylene material with an electrostatic decay rate at less than 0.1 second that meets military specification Mil-B-81075B.  with surface resistivity is less than 10 Ohms-per square. We also supply a full line of Anti-static pink Polypropylene containers.  (see Photo Above). Our conductive containers are also widely used in the explosive handling sectors. All of these items are available at our website www.lacontainer.com 

We have full inventory on conductive and static dissipative containers round or square see product lines.  Stat-cons, Polyvials, and Rigid top box sections on our website.

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LA Container Inc. Manufactures and Distributes the LA-Vials.  Three of these polypropylene plastic hinged lid vials are very suitable to use as plastic tube  storage and transportation of Baby Formula Powder. These Baby Formula Plastic containers are very popular with moms around the world.

The parts numbers for the Baby Formula Containers are:

VL-20-H 

VL-21-H

VL-22-H

They are available online at www.lacontainerstore.com and come in a convenient 50 pack bag. They hold enough formula for 2, 4 , 6 ounces of mixed baby formula. The tube diameter fits perfect into most baby bottles.  And are also easily filled with baby formula scoops provided in most manufactures formula.  They are very convenient for the purse or Diaper bag..No reason to carry mixed formula in bottle when you can mix the dry baby formula into a baby bottle filled with water as you need.For more information or samples of this item please visit our website at www.lacontainer.com.

LaContainer has contacted BuyAmerican.com with the concept of Distributing the Lacons Cosmetic Plastic flip top containers line. 

The goal of  BuyAmerican.com is to help every American manufacturer market their products.

With the current influx of Made in China Everything.. More and More Consumers and businesses  are requesting that the Plastic containers that they use for packaging  cosmetics, connectors, Ear plugs, Pharmaceutical, Medical, Agricultural / Toxicology, Hobbyist, Home Organization and other items are Made in the USA. Lacontainer proudly states that  100% of it product lines are Made  in Yorba Linda, Californa USA. We can complete against the imports by using state of the art Molding, robotic  and packaging equipment. For more information on our complete line of Plastic sample containers please see our website at www.lacontainer.com