Posted by sb417 on September 7, 2004, at 19:38:50
In reply to Dioxin Carcinogens causes cancer, posted by Jai Narayan on September 7, 2004, at 19:08:31
Jai, thanks for posting that. I've read that we shouldn't rinse out plastic bottles with hot water for the same reason as well as other reasons. Some of the plastics contain chemicals that mimic estrogen. When the plastics are rinsed or washed with hot water, these estrogenic-like compounds are released, and we are more likely to ingest them, also raising the risk of hormonally-mediated cancers. Until I read that, I'd been saving water bottles like used Poland Spring water bottles and re-using them over and over.
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