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From Science Now (online "Science" magazine), 1 April 2003:
[Warning: article below discusses animal testing.]
"Plastics Ingredient Scrambles Chromosomes"
Short quotes from the article:
A compound used in many common plastic products, including baby
bottles and dental sealants, causes genetic abnormalities in mice...
In August 1998, geneticist Patricia Hunt noticed a bizarre change
in the eggs of the female mice she was studying. For some
inexplicable reason, the chromosomes in 40% of the eggs looked
abnormal--a wild jump from the 1% to 2% abnormality her lab
typically observes...
After a good bit of detective work, Hunt and her colleagues at
Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, pinned the
meiotic abnormalities on a chemical called bisphenol A (BPA)
leaching from the damaged plastic.
PS I posted this article because I believe some list members
will find it of interest. If you prefer that I not post general
health items, and instead limit posts to explicit raw-food topics
only, let me know by private email.
Tom Billings
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