we...@yahoo.com wrote: > 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.
This quoted reference says that "pthalates, used in making ubiquitous flexible polyvinyl products..." caused problems. The reference article does not say that pthalates leached from containers PETE. >From the published literature on PETE, there is every indication that the >substance is very stable and does not contaminate liquids stored in PETE >containers over extended periods of time. frank key frank key -- 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>
