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The most common plastic, PET, is inert and does not mimic hormones
by hammock 2y ago
The most common plastic, PET, is inert and does not mimic hormones
- colechristensen 2y agoThis is not correct. "When comparing water of the same spring that is packed in glass or plastic bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), estrogenic activity is three times higher in water from plastic bottles." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960076010003572 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096007601...
- hammock 2y agoPET in consumer products has a lot of contaminating non-PET plastics, precursors and other chemicals co-present, which can lead to the effects you cite. If you were to get a block of lab grade PET you’d find it was inert