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Thread #60940   Message #977295
Posted By: Rapparee
05-Jul-03 - 11:05 AM
Thread Name: BS: Re-Using Plastic Springwater Bottles
Subject: RE: Re-Using Plastic Springwater Bottles
True, JudeL, but.

The good Doctor doesn't mention the length of time needed to leach hormonal chemicals from plastic into food. Given that food will be used (hopefully, anyway!) within a fairly short time, I don't think that such a concern is realistic. Should you keep butter (for example) in a plastic container for some weeks or months (again, I don't know the time needed) you might find an increase, but I myself wouldn't want to use the butter anyway. Fat-soluble does not mean that such chemicals will be leached out overnight or even in a couple of days.

It also doesn't mean that they are not eventually excreted from the body. Even a moderately active life can assist in that.

But I think that everyone should do what they think is right for them.