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Philips North America and Handi-Craft Company—the parent company of Dr. Brown’s Baby—are being sued in separate lawsuits filed Tuesday over claims that the “BPA free” labels on their baby bottles mislead consumers into thinking their products are free of harmful chemicals, though the suits allege toxic microplastics are released when their bottles are heated up.

Two makers of plastic baby bottles were hit with proposed class actions in California federal court on Tuesday over claims that they failed to warn parents that the bottles leached dangerous microplastics when heated.