Metal Water Bottles May Leach BPA

July 18, 2011 Mr. Fox Biochemistry, Chemistry, Environment, General, Physiology, Science

Consumers who switched from polycarbonate-plastic water bottles to metal ones in hopes of avoiding the risk that bisphenol A will leach into their beverages aren’t necessarily any better off, a new study finds. Some metal water bottles leach even more BPA — an estrogen-mimicking pollutant — than do ones made from the now-pariah plastic. Read the full story.

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