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A new study has revealed that drinking water from bottles made of PET plastic may pose a human health risk. The study found that estrogenic compounds trickle into the water in bottles made from PET (polyethylene terephthalate).
According to lead researcher Martin Wagner, Goethe University, Frankfurt, a doubt has aroused on the safety of the PET plastic water bottles. Some yet-to-be-identified chemicals in these plastic bottles seemed to have the potential to interfere with estrogen and other reproductive hormones.
Wagner said, "What we found was really surprising to us. If you drink water from plastic bottles, you have a high probability of drinking estrogenic compounds."
But Wagner and his team warned that it was still too early to conclude if PET plastics were a cause of concern in relations to human health.
Shanna Swan, an epidemiologist at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in New York, added that maybe a revised review of so-called `safe` plastics was required.
Swan said, "This is coming at a good time because the use of bottles for consuming water is getting very bad press now because of its carbon footprint. This raises questions about all plastic bottles."
(Posted on : 30/04/2009)
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