A few weeks ago, I heard from some friends about the dangers of ingesting chemicals transferred from plastic containers such as water bottles.
Most plastic containers are labelled on the bottom (inside the reclycing symbol) with a number from 1 to 7. The good numbers are 1, 2, 4 and 5. The bad numbers are 3, 6 and 7, which are apparently full of all kinds of nasty chemicals that can cause cancer and other serious health problems.
An online sources says, if you look at the bottom of a Naglene bottle, for instance, you’ll find it’s made from the number 7 type plastic which contains polycarbonate, one of those bad compounds. Check out these articles on other health related problems found in plastic containers.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/consumers/plastic.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/consumers/plastic.html
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