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Plastic Bottle Chemical Tied to Male Infertility
While environmental groups have sounded the alarm about the presence of bisphenol-A, or BPA, in products such as infant formula, baby bottles...
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Tests Find Wide Range of Bisphenol A in Canned Soups, Juice and More
Consumer Reports’ latest tests of canned foods, including soups, juice, tuna, and green beans, have found that almost all of the 19 name-brand...
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Researchers link BPA exposure to heath concerns
The first large-scale human study of a chemical widely used in plastic products, including baby bottles and tin can linings, found double the risk...
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Contaminated Bottled Water
Bottled water brands do not always maintain the consistency of quality touted in ads featuring alpine peaks and crystalline lakes and, in some cases...
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WSJ - Government Still Concerned about BPA
Government experts on Wednesday released a final report on the safety of a chemical used in plastic baby bottles, saying they have "some concern"...
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NY Times - Plastic Bottles
Canada's decision to label as toxic a chemical that is used to make a popular form of plastic has created headaches for some makers of baby bottles...
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NY Times - Bisphenol-A in Plastic
Are toxic plastics lurking in your kitchen? It's a question many families are asking after reports last week that a chemical used to make baby bottles...
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Plastic Ocean
A vast swath of the Pacific, twice the size of Texas, is full of a plastic stew that is entering the food chain. Scientists say these toxins are causing...
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Hazards of Hydration
Clear, lightweight, and sturdy polycarbonate plastic bottles are standard equipment for millions of hikers and babies. (They are usually labeled #7...
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Plastic chemical may stay in body longer: study
A controversial chemical used in many plastic products may remain in the body longer than previously thought, and people may be ingesting...
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New Alarm Bells About Chemicals and Cancer
The President’s Cancer Panel is the Mount Everest of the medical mainstream, so it is astonishing to learn that it is poised to join...
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Not-so-fun Facts
- 80% of plastic bottles are not recycled
- Plastic bottles take 700 years to begin composting
- Plastics are the most common man-made object sighted at sea. During a 1998 survey, 89% of the trash observed floating in the North Pacific Ocean was plastic
- 24 million gallons of oil are needed to produce a billion plastic bottles
- The United States is ranked number one as a global warming polluter compared to other large nations
- Bottled water is the second most popular beverage in the United States
- The state of California spends $72 million a year collecting and burying disposable cups and bags
- In the Pacific Ocean, there is a floating island of plastic trash twice the size of Texas
