Plastic water bottles may give you breasts
Scientists in Germany have found that water in many commercially sold plastic bottles is contaminated with chemicals which act like female hormones in the body.
The study found that waters in PET plastic bottles had around twice as much estrogen contamination as those in glass bottles. Before you think it may be a water processing or filtering issue in Germany only, think again: the estrogen comes from common plastic bottle ingredient bisphenol A, which leaches out of the plastic bottles.
The only bright side: only 12 out of 20 brands tested had a serious issue, indicating that it may have some relationship to how each bottle is manufactured.
A scientist told The Local that it’s not yet known whether the water contamination could present a health risk.
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Mar 14, 2009
I'm afraid you're confused. PET does not contain Bisphenol-A so bottled water, sodas, etc. are fine to drink. I have no idea where this german team got that Bisphenol-A was used in PET bottles, but it definitely is not.
Bisphenol-A is used as a plasticizer in reusable water bottles made from polycarbonate (look for a #7 with the recycling symbol on the bottom of the bottle). Nalgene and many other companies used to use polycarbonate but have stopped since the recent uproar. To see if your safe, look for the recycling symbol on the bottom, and see if it has a #2 HDPE (high density polyethylene), or a #4 LDPE (low density polyethylene), or a #5 PP (polypropylene). If it does, you should be fine.
Jul 18, 2011
Nonsense article coupled with homophobic image. Good work.
Sep 22, 2011
What do you do with them? Stick them under your blouse?