According to 660 News from Alberta, Wal-Mart is pulling BPA plastic from stores in Canada. This is a dangerous toxic chemical found in, of all things, baby bottles, pacifiers, children's cups and the like. Now one might think that Wal-Mart would pull these dangerous products off of the shelves in America too, especially with the recent recall of baby bottles that contain BPA. Instead, Wal-Mart has done nothing here in the US. They only pulled the stuff from Canadian shelves because of a potential law declaring the plastic toxic. Yet another example of Wal-Mart's disregard for the safety of its customers. If they know what products contain this chemical, and they know its dangerous, they should pull them from all their stores everywhere!

Wal-Mart latest to yank BPA plastics

The biggest player in the retail market is moving to pull dozens of products that contain Bisphenol A.

Wal-Mart says it's immediately stopping the sale of select baby bottles, sippy cups, pacifiers, food containers and water bottles containing BPA.

The Forzani Group, HBC and Canadian Tire have already started to pull water bottles from their shelves.

The lining inside tin cans and water bottles are the most common places to find BPA.

Mae Burrows, with the Labour Alliance Environmental Society, tells 660News there is an easy way to tell if your water bottle should be tossed out or not. Suspect items should have a number seven in the recycling triangle at the bottom of the bottle.

If the number is two, four or five, you should be okay. But, just the same, Burrows says you shouldn't microwave plastics, or put them in the dishwasher.

If the federal government does declare BPA a dangerous chemical, Canada would become the first country to do so.