I think that LaCroix should offer all of its customers the option to purchase their product in glass bottles, and if you do to, join me in contacting them here or blowing up their Facebook page here

About Unknown Tony is the host of the Paleo Magazine Radio podcast, author of "Paleo Grilling: A Modern Caveman's Guide to Cooking with Fire", and Cofounder of Powerful PT, an innovative information resource for Fitness Professionals. He has appeared on numerous local and national television and radio broadcasts and regularly hosts healthy cooking workshops and informational lectures. He is also a full-time Personal Trainer and Wellness Consultant who lives in Jacksonville Florida with his wife Jamie.

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LaCroix (pronounced “la-croy”) is a calorie free, artificial sweetener free, sparkling water that is advertised as "always 100% natural with nothing artificial."I discovered LaCroix at this past year's PaleoFX and was immediately hooked. Soda had long been excluded from my regular diet, predating my Paleo conversion by many years, but there is something particularly refreshing about a carbonated beverage especially during hot Florida summers.LaCroix almost seemed too good to be true and with so much news about BPA in aluminum cans swirling around the interwebs, I got to wondering if BPA was found in LaCroix cans."BPA free" was conspicuously absent from the package labeling, so I did a quick search on Dr. Google.The first search result was for the official LaCroix website FAQ and it told me everything I needed to know:"May contain"? "Trace amounts"? "Virtually eliminated"? "Familiarize myself with the facts by visiting the American Beverage Association's website"? That's like going to the American Sugar Alliance to learn "the facts" about sugar! Such phrasing hardly inspires confidence given that the FDA itself has expressed "some concern" about human exposure to BPA. Keeping in mind all the crazy shit the FDA has deemed "safe", I interpret "some concern" to mean "yeah this will pretty much kill you, but whatevs."Check out what FDA.gov , the official website of the Food and Drug Administration has to say about BPA:So the FDA says that BPA is a 3 out of 5 on their "concern" scale, which means that we're basically at a significant risk of terror..I mean health effects.Seemingly blase about their own "concern," the FDA goes on to say that they aren't about to do anything since it would be too much trouble to get rid of BPA since the FDA has already allowed it to be in everything without anyone telling the FDA what has BPA in it.If you're thinking, "How much BPA is actually getting into LaCroix water if it's only in the can lining?" read on..."The vast majority of BPA in our bodies comes from ingestion of contaminated food and water. The compound is often used as an internal barrier in food packaging, so that the product we eat or drink does not come into direct contact with a metal can or plastic container. When heated or washed, though, plastics containing BPA can break down and release the chemical into the food or liquid they hold. As a result, roughly 93 percent of the U.S. population has detectable levels of BPA in their urine.The researchers point specifically to the continuing presence of BPA in aluminum cans as a major problem. 'Most people agree the majority of BPA exposure in the United States comes from aluminum cans,” Trasande said. 'Removing it from aluminum cans is probably one of the best ways we can limit exposure. There are alternatives that manufacturers can use to line aluminum cans.'"The good news is that LaCroix is actually sold in BPA free glass bottles. The bad news is these bottles are only available in "parts" of Illinois and Wisconsin. D'oh!From the official LaCroix website ."For the time being, however, I'm going to stop drinking LaCroix, with makes me feel quite Le Sad.