It is a personal attack if someone says that those who have legitimate concerns of the potential harm of BPA are hypochondriacs as the evidence is not 100% conclusive. We’re entitled to search out and discuss alternatives to plastics made with the controversial BPA without being demeaned, even if Wu...

Nice mature personal attack, Wulfman

Amidst all the controversy I’d rather be safe than sorry.

Invacare (800-333-6900) makes a humidifier made with Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene.

I am waiting to hear back from Invacare and AEIOMed.

Here is the response I just got from Puritan Bennett:

The clear plastic dome on the water chamber on the GoodKnight® H2O humidifier is made from a polycarbonate material.

It seems that they are all made of polycarbonate.

I think that letters / emails are a good idea.

I called F&P and their plastic lid for the water chamber is made of polycarbonate but the disposable one is made with polystyrene, which should not cause any health hazards when heated.

We should demand that all CPAP parts be made without Bisphenol A, especially the ones being heated.

What are the alternatives in preventing a dry throat

Just got off the phone with Resmed. So the plastic lid for the humidifier chamber (that interlocks with the steel bottom) is indeed made with polycabon. This means that when the plastic lid is heated to a certain temperature it most likely leaches PBA into the hose and mask and into our bodies. I gu...

This is terrible.

I wonder if the plastic lid from the humidifier is also made with polycarbonate.

Bisphenol A has been known to leach from....polycarbonate plastics that are cleaned with harsh detergents or used to contain acidic or high-temperature liquids. I wonder if the tubing that is used with the CPAP humidifier heats up enough to leach Bisphenol A if indeed it is embedded in the plastic ...

I wonder if CPAPtalk / CPAP.com can get an official statement from each of the various major CPAP manufacturers as to which types plastics and other materials are used in their specific products.

Are CPAP cussions or tubes made with plastic containing Bisphenol A?