Is the hard plastic bottle safe?
By shakeroo
@shakeroo (3986)
Malaysia
December 24, 2007 3:17am CST
"Worries about a hormone-mimicking chemical used in the trendy sports accessory led a major Canadian retailer to remove Nalgene and other polycarbonate plastic containers from store shelves in early December."
Does the statement above worry you? The hard plastic bottle is already a trend nowadays where you can see almost everybody is carrying one to office, shopping, gymnasium, cinema and etc.
An expert panel of 38 academic and government researchers who attended a National Institutes of Health-sponsored conference said in a study in August that "the potential for BPA to impact human health is a concern, and more research is clearly needed."
But how safe this water bottle is?
Here is a picture of the bottle: http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=5045194&owner=shaxx
To read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/12/24/polycarbonate.worries.ap/index.html
3 responses
@squaretile (3778)
• Singapore
24 Dec 07
there was a similar report a while ago about soft plastic bottles or PET bottles.
Including mineral water bottles etc. So people stopped reusing these, and recycling. that's sad because it means that more plastic bottles are being discarded.
I hadn't heard that hard bottles like Nalgene also had such problems. I've been using a Nalgene for a long time. I don't put hot liquids in it often so I figured that should be safe.
hopefully the results of the research come out soon.
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@academic2 (7000)
• Uganda
24 Dec 07
I have read alot about plastic bottles which has become away of life in our cities-I share your concerns and worries, my biigest fear though is that it looks the public is not takinfg these threats seriously-our beauro of standards have not expressed this fears to consumers are we still continue to gallop water from plastic bags as if there was no problem-Consumer organisations need to wake up inthis area of concern!
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@aerobrain (33)
• Malaysia
22 Jan 09
Hi,
I just wrote an article regarding this. Basically, polycarbonate contains BPA (bisphenol-A) which can mimic human hormones in low doses and could be toxic in high doses. According to study, an adult should not have any issue due to very low consumption. But babies really need to stay out of any polycarbonate food containers.
You may read more here: http://afirozia.110mb.com/blog/
Thanks!
regards,
aerobrain
