'Gender-bending' fear over plastic drinks bottles

keep_it_real

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Fri May-22-09 07:16 PM
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'Gender-bending' fear over plastic drinks bottles

A study found that participants who drank for a week from polycarbonate bottles showed a 69 per cent increase in their urine of BPA, which mimics the female sex hormone oestrogen.

Previous studies have suggested that high levels of BPA consumption are linked to birth defects, growth problems and an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1186128/Gender-bending-fear-plastic-drinks-bottles.html

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KamaAina

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Fri May-22-09 07:19 PM
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1. Oh noes! Bottled water gives you Teh Ghey!!

:scared:

:sarcasm:

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DCKit

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Fri May-22-09 08:00 PM
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4. Perhaps, if we can convince the TaliBaptists, they'll ban this shit from our food supply.

Fear of "Teh Gay" runs ddddeeeeeeepppp with them.

Not that I was going to make exactly the same point, or anything.

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ayeshahaqqiqa

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Fri May-22-09 07:21 PM
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2. Not a good idea to drink from plastic

because the imbalance of BPA can cause physical problems in both men and women.

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imdjh

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Fri May-22-09 07:35 PM
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3. Hasn't hurt me

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ColbertWatcher

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Fri May-22-09 08:10 PM
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5. ?

Edited on Fri May-22-09 08:12 PM by ColbertWatcher

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sharp_stick

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Fri May-22-09 08:33 PM
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7. HEY!!!

Rocky is ALL MAN! ;-)

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imdjh

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Fri May-22-09 08:40 PM
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8. I'm not much of a man, by the light of day....but, at night I'm one hell of a lover...

I'm just a sweet transvestite
From Transexual, Transylvania
Let me show you around, maybe play you a sound
You look like you're both pretty groovy
Or if you want something visual
That's not too abysmal
We could take in an old Steeve Reeves movie

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sharp_stick

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Fri May-22-09 08:32 PM
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6. A 69% increase sounds like a lot

but 69% above 0.001 ug/L isn't one heck of a lot of BPA. The limits of testing for this stuff is down to the femtomolar level so just saying 69% more is kind of pointless. It does sound impressive though.

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Robb

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Fri May-22-09 08:47 PM
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9. Yes

...but not as impressive-sounding as femtomolar. I had to look it up. And that happens rarely enough to delight me. :thumbsup:

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sharp_stick

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Sat May-23-09 08:29 PM
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13. I think I know what you mean

I work in toxicology and we had a test come in that said they could detect a compound down to the attomolar level. I said that was a pretty impressive precision but what good can it do? That is almost holistic.

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azul

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Fri May-22-09 11:49 PM
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10. What is disturbing is the background levels are measurable.

Any measurable level is too much when no safe level has been established. Better to err on the side of not disrupting hormones I should expect.

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ConcernedCanuk

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Sat May-23-09 05:07 AM
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11. 69

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that explains it

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Quantess

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Sat May-23-09 05:10 AM
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12. Avoid plastic bottles with # 7

Edited on Sat May-23-09 05:24 AM by Quantess

Look underneath to see the recycling #.

7 is the worst in terms of BPA emission.

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