Polycarbonate water bottles have received plenty of bad press for releasing potentially toxic compounds into unsuspecting drinkers, but there may be another culprit: everyday plastic packaging.
A German study of commercially-available bottled water found contamination by chemicals that mimic natural sex hormones. When the researchers raised snails in the water, they bred with extreme rapidity -- a warning sign that the chemicals were active. Contamination levels were twice as high in brands packaged in plastic instead of glass, suggesting that plastic was the culprit.
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When things are attractive, inessential and harmful the government often taxes them to raise revenue and try and discourage their use.
How about a bottled water tax and put the money into early education or some such?
I wonder, are they BPA's? Those seem to be popping up everywhere.
Wasn't there something a year or two ago about 9 year-old girls becoming sexually mature due to water bottles? I recall a scientifically illiterate co-worker (you know the type that think mainstream news' science stories are fact) telling me something about that and I dismissed it due to her sources say eggs are good, then the next week eggs are bad; and according to mainstream news' count we should have about 14 planets now, but we now only have 8, we lost one!!!!
I could be wrong, or this could be a completely different story, but I heard about that happening from shampoo, specifically shampoo designed for 'ethnic' hair
http://www.gina.antczak.btinternet.co.uk/CU/PUBERT.HTM
And when is it since this April 3rd, 2002?
Where are researches and results?