We've completed our Hamilton Beach updates for BPA, phthalates, and PVC in blenders and food processors. The good news is, they currently produce only one blender known to include BPA-containing polycarbonate parts - the Wave Station Dispensing Blender (it has a tap) - but there are a couple of others with blade attachments you should check the color of (they stopped using polycarbonate in a couple of blender lines in July 2008, and we believe some units produced prior to that could still be on store shelves).

These changes correct information collected from Hamilton Beach representatives in January 2009.

Check our Hamilton Beach section of the ZRecs Guide for all the details if you're interested in (or currently own) a Hamilton Beach blender or food processor. Some of their lids do contain phthalates, but other lines appear to be free of BPA, phthalates, and PVC. Given their transparency and willingness to share real information about their products - rather than the legalese, patently false statements, or double-speak we get from some other companies - we strongly encourage you to consider supporting companies like Hamilton Beach when making safer kitchen purchases.