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DID YOU KNOW THAT POLYCARNATE AND CELLOPHANE EMITS BISPHENOL A (BPA) WHEN HEATED AT CERTAIN TEMPERATURE?

 

Boston, MA — A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that participants who drank for a week from polycarbonate bottles, the popular, hard-plastic drinking bottles and baby bottles, showed a two-thirds increase in their urine of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA). Exposure to BPA, used in the manufacture of polycarbonate and other plastics, has been shown to interfere with reproductive development in animals and has been linked with cardiovascular disease and diabetes in humans. The study is the first to show that drinking from polycarbonate bottles increased the level of urinary BPA, and thus suggests that drinking containers made with BPA release the chemical into the liquid that people drink in sufficient amounts to increase the level of BPA excreted in human urine.

 

 

 


 

WHAT SHOULD WE DO

 

It is recommended to use metal or high grade plastic food container to reduce the use of cellophane. In this case, you will be able to avoid its health effect and environmental problem on waste production.

 

 

 

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