Gender-Bending Chemicals in Plastic Water Bottles
According to The Telegraph, new research at the Harvard School of Public Health found that participants who drank from plastic water bottles showed a 69 percent increase of bisphenol-A (BPA) after just one week. This study proves that plastic containers release BPA into the water, which carries the toxic chemical into the body.
BPA is an endocrine disruptor, meaning that it throws off the natural balances of hormones. It actually mimics the hormone estrogen. BPA has been shown to interfere with reproductive development in animals and possibly humans. It has also been linked to breast cancer, low sperm count, prostate cancer, birth defects, growth problems, ADHD, diabetes, obesity, and heart disease.
Professor Richard Sharpe, one of Britain’s leading reproductive biologists, says that hormone disruptors are “feminizing” unborn boys and raising their risk of cancer and infertility later in life.
Have you ever wondered what goes into making plastic? A long list of cancer-causing petrochemicals!
To reduce your exposure to BPA, don’t drink or eat from plastic containers. If you want healthy water to go, you don’t have to buy expensive bottled water (because it’s certainly not good for you); instead, invest in a home water filter along with non-toxic glass water bottles.
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