Saturday, May 23, 2009

Hormone Disrupter In Your Water Bottle?

Check your favorite plastic drinking bottle. Does it have a recycling number 7 on the bottom? If so it is probably leaching BPA into your drink.

You'll want to read this from Science Daily:


"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."

Check for the 7.