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Can someone just summarize what compounds are thought to be responsible?
by pg 18y ago
Can someone just summarize what compounds are thought to be responsible?
- gruseom 18y agohttp://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2008/disappearingmale/chemicals.html http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2008/disappearingmal... Bisphenol A (found mostly in hard colored plastics) is becoming particularly non grata (update: in Canada) these days. Edit: according to the article it's also "the de facto lining used in food cans". Wow.
- Alex3917 18y ago"Bisphenol A (found mostly in hard colored plastics) is becoming particularly non grata these days." Not in the United States.
- gruseom 18y agoFunny, my comment originally said something about Canada and I cut it out for brevity. I'll add it back. (Actually, it's not funny at all. The industry's argument appears to be: "But if we don't poison people, how will we make all those shiny plastic bottles?" With the fallback position: "How about if we just don't poison babies? Will that do?")
- dhimes 18y agoSome food storage containers, water bottles, and the like are advertising "BPA-free."
- pg 18y agoSounds like the probem is stuff made out of plastic. Is that a reasonable summary?
- gruseom 18y agoI have the impression it's some plastics but not all. A rule of thumb many people up here use is to avoid plastics with recycling number 6 (polystyrene) or 7 (polycarbonate). These are said to be the worst. Alex, does the film contain specific recommendations to consumers? (Normally I hate using the word "consumer" to mean "citizen" but in this case it could hardly be more accurate.)
- Alex3917 18y agoI didn't watch the last few min of the film, but here is a good list of things to avoid: http://www.sailhome.org/Concerns/BodyBurden/Burdens/Phthalate.html http://www.sailhome.org/Concerns/BodyBurden/Burdens/Phthalat... Realistically it will be impossible to completely avoid the stuff until it's made illegal.
- gruseom 18y agoGiven that the list includes water, I'd have to agree!
- rshao 18y agoFrom what I could tell in the video, bisphenol a's a petroleum derivative that is used to harden polycarbonates. The other one, pthalates (also a petroleum derivative) is used to soften PVC. So technically, not made out of plastic, but used to make plastic. Edit: Realized I misread your comment. Yes, the problem is with some plastic products, which use these chemicals (but not all, since the video mentioned that one hospital using safe plastic products).
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- ericb 18y agoSomewhat--but phthalates are also in cosmetics, carpeting, deodorants, and many other household items.
- ericb 18y agoYou left out phthalates, which are also in plastics, but are not the same thing as BPA.
- Alex3917 18y agoPhthalates and bpa.
- Tichy 18y agoDidn't watch the video, but I have also heard bad things about soy, which is also in a lot of processed food.
- gaius 18y agoYes, soy protein isoflavones are phytoestrogens. Males should limit soy consumption.
- ericb 18y agoPhthalates, which are in products made of PVC plastics (like the pipes) which includes childrens toys but are also found in tons of other things like cosmetics, deodorants, and fragranced products. Bisphenol A (BPA) is the other major offender. Many companies are at least removing from baby bottles and teethers now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phthalate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phthalate