a quick google search found: http://www.uni.edu/pubrel/newsroom/op-ed/chemdep.shtml ". Related compounds, pthalates, used in making ubiquitous flexible polyvinyl products, caused dramatic decline in testosterone and missing or blood-filled testes in rats, according to a recent EPA study. The Center for Disease Control recently found pthalate residues occurring at an alarming rate in the urine of randomly tested children and adults". There has been a bit of news coverage regarding the use of pthalates in infants toys and endocrine disruption. see also: http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2000/108p1189- 1193ohtani/abstract.html
> > phthalic acids are xenoestrogens not good for your endocrine system... > > they leach! HDPE would be more appropriate for storing ingestables. > What evidence do you have that PETE bottles leach any substance into the > contents of the bottle? > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
