- Itching
- Cancer and Down Syndrome
- Cell Phone Batteries
- Chameleon Colors
- Grapefruits
- Cloned Animals
- Plastic Bottles
In recent studies it was found that Bisphenol A (BPA) can be released from plastic bottles like your everyday Nalgene or your throw away bottles. Now you may wonder; What's BPA??? BPA is a man-made chemical classified as an endocrine disruptor, which mess with your body's natural hormones. This chemical has been shown to harm the reproduction and the brain function of animals, and there is a large amount of evidence that it may effect humans also. The BPA is released rapidly from the plastic when boiled or heated extremely, and its also released slowly during normal everyday usage. the release of the BPA is also not affected by the age of the bottle, new and old work the same. After reading up on this discovery i may be drinking from metal or glass bottles much more often.
3 comments:
wow that is extremely interesting. its pretty cool (not good obviously) that the plastic releases a very harmful chemical. i might start drinking from a regular (not throw away) plastic bottle to better the environment.
i can tell you really put some time and effort into this. good job!
You mention some really interesting topics, I mean heated plastic causing health problems, who knew( Ben puts plastic container in the microwave). The topic that interest me the most was the Alien. While not as real as the life on mars, if something actually did make it through a black hole, that means that there could definitely be other life forms out in the universe, and maybe even parallel universes.
nick, you researched some very fascinating topics. I think the most intriguing one of them all was how if heating plastic can cause serious health problems. like you said, i will probably stop drinking fluids from plastic containers. i can see that you researched more into the medical side, and i think it is cool that we get to know about some things that we would think are safe but that are really causing health problems.
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