Hormone-mimics in plastic water bottles - just the tip of the iceberg?

In an analysis of commercially available mineral waters, the researchers found evidence of oestrogenic compounds leaching out of the plastic packaging into the water. What's more, these chemicals are potent in vivo and result in an increased development of embryos in the New Zealand mud snail. These findings, which show for the first time that substances leaching out of plastic food packaging materials act as functional oestrogens, are published in Springer's journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research...

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