June 4, 2009

The Murky Truth About Leaching Plastic Bottles

LiveScience for June 2, 2009 reported on chemicals leaking from plastic bottles.

On one hand, the findings aren't as scary as the headlines have implied. The two-thirds increase merely means the level of BPA in urine rose from negligible to a sliver above negligible, a level still thousands of times lower than so-called low doses tested on rats. No study has convincingly shown adverse effects from BPA on human health.

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