By now you’ve heard about BPA, or Bisphenol-A, a harmful compound that leaches from plastic bottles into your water, causing cancer, infertility, growth and birth defects, and more. It’s time to stop using water bottles with BPA, but how can you be sure your new bottle doesn’t have it? Here’s a helpful list of tips to check for.

The question on most people’s minds nowadays is, how safe is my plastic water bottle? If it’s made of Bisphenol A (BPA), it isn’t safe at all.