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It's similar in the US. I'd note that even the crystal clear (highly recyclable) plastic you see does not contain the phthalates you're looking for. There was a
by kurthr 5y ago
It's similar in the US. I'd note that even the crystal clear (highly recyclable) plastic you see does not contain the phthalates you're looking for. There was a fad in the early 00s for using polycarbonate water bottles that probably contained BPA, but those were then (rightfully) banned. You can't even use BPA or ortho-phthalates in children's toys since they very likely put them in their tiny mouths.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1367856/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1367856/
- R0b0t1 5y agoPlastics still need a plasticizer, so those BPA-free plastics simply use a chemical like BPA but not studied.
- kurthr 5y agoI don't know about PolyCarobonate, but for LDPE and HDPE (and PET) that sounds incorrect. Certainly, chemists are worried about much smaller amounts of contamination (ppb) than humans and they would definitely know (and measure) how much plasticizer was leaching from their bottles. It appears to be almost none: https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/lab-plasticware-supplies/plastic-material-selection/low-density-polyethylene-ldpe-labware.html https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/lab-pla...
- R0b0t1 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A#BPA_substitutes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A#BPA_substitutes I know there's wide variety in plastics. Be careful about cherry picking studies that show no harm, you can do it with lead if you really want. The situation isn't as dire, but I think the actual impact on animals is more up in the air than a brief survey of the literature suggests.
- kurthr 5y agoPerhaps, but none of the plastics we're discussing (other than PC) have BPA in them at detectable amounts.