Eco Vessel sets sail for world of safe sipping

BOULDER — Following the initial scare over potentially harmful effects of Bisphenol-A in plastic bottles in 2007, people scrambled to toss those drinking containers and look for alternatives.

Although researchers continue to debate the extent of BPA’s negative health effects, many of those people decided to stay on the safe side and use products made of other materials.

Feeling that there was a lack of safe, sturdy food-storage containers and water bottles for kids, Jon Fox, a father of two, decided to add a new option to the shelf.

Fox in 2008 launched his company, Eco Vessel LLC, as a maker of sustainable…