Hi, sorry it's taken me so long to get this posted. It's tax time and I worked until 8pm then went to the gym, ate dinner and did a little research for you guys on the chemical in the articles that were posted.
Here's a couple and there's lots more. I'll list more if you want them, otherwise I'll just let you read over these so you can make an informed decision if you want to continue using plastics so frequently, or at all around your food and children.

http://www.jlr.org/cgi/content/abstract/43/5/676
"Bisphenol A in combination with insulin can accelerate the conversion of 3T3-L1 fibroblasts to adipocytes" The study outcome is that Bisphenol A (the original chemical we were talking about in this thread) is an edocrine disruptor and it increases body fat by fat cell hyperplasia (causes the body to grow more fat cells) and hypertrophy (causes existing fat cells to store more fat).

http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2003/5993/abstract.html
This study shows the Bisphenol A leaches from water bottles into water. They had to do this study because Bisphenol A is a powerful hormone disruptor and it would skew lab animal testing. They also tested the cages and they too were found to offgass the toxic chemical.

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/dert/profi...007/bpa-ova.htm
Exposing fetuses to Bisphenol A at a level consistent with the average American (western culture) causes chromosomal abnormalities and other research shows it affects behavior, most noted are novelty seeking and impulse behavior.

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/news/sealant.htm
The typical argument once industry admits to the toxicity in the face of overwhelming science, is 'well the dose is too small to really cause any harm.'
This is a notice sent out in 1997 that states, 'The UM-C scientists said the chemical's estrogen-like effect "appears at much lower doses than previously thought" and "lies within the range of current human exposure."

Okay friends, this has been fun, but it's now 11 pm and I'm off to get some sleep. Let me know if you want more. Oh, shoot I forgot to find the original research on that chemcial causing insulin resistance. Something all diabetics and prediabetics like myself should be interested in.

Thanks for the articles Samual and thanks to everyone for this interesting thread.