August 25th, 2009
Endocrine Disruptors
Polycarbonate Containers releases Bisphenol A (BPA) into Surrounding Liquid
There has been some controversy over the issue of whether polycarbonate containers releases the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) into the liquids stored in them.
But a new 2009 study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health discovered that volunteers who participated in their experiment showed a two-third increase of bisphenol A in their urine after only a week from drinking from polycarbonate bottles.
But if drinking cold liquids stored in polycarbonate bottles increased urinary bisphenol A, what happened to liquids that are heated in baby bottles?
Heated polycarbonate bottles leach more bisphenol A into the surrounding liquid than cold bottles. Yet, young children are particularly sensitive to the endocrine disrupting potential of BPA but they are the very ones that use heated baby bottles.
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Comments
I’ve also heard that breast milk are also full of chemical pollutants. So what is safe for babies if their feeding bottles are also leaching toxic chemicals into their food?
Angela
August 26th, 2009
Other variant is possible also
roorpDoth
November 2nd, 2009