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Don't eat off of a hot cd

This just in - plastic is bad for you. Okay, that is old news. However, scientists are continuing to do studies on Bisphenol A, an endocrine/hormone distrupter that is used in making polycarbonate plastics (baby bottles, nalgene bottles, and CDs). They've already known for awhile that as you wash and scrub your plastics toxins leach into your water (or other liquid). However, this new study shows that when you pour boiling water on the plastic (like to sterilize a baby bottle) Bisphenol A is released 55 tims more quickly.

You can read the serious story here

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