2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
The water in plastic bottles contains more than 24,500 chemicals, some of which are harmful to our body, writes PLoS One magazine, citing a German study.
The researchers analyzed eighteen different samples of mineral water in plastic bottles purchased in France, Italy and Germany. Using a variety of chemical analysis methods, they tested bottled water and, above all, its ability to affect estrogen and androgen receptors.
The researchers compared the results with those obtained by drinking tap water. They found that a significant portion of the bottled tested affected our hormone receptors.
In some cases, the effects on androgens were similar to those of Flutamide, which is usually taken by men with prostate cancer. Tap water, in turn, does not cause any additional estrogenic or androgenic activity.
Specialists also checked which chemicals in a plastic bottle of water cause reproductive hormonal disorders. Using another chemical analysis, they found that the water in the plastic bottles contained exactly 24,520 chemicals.
Substances called maleates and fumarates, which are used in the production of the form of plastic resins contained in plastic water bottles, have proved to be the most hormonally active.
Hormonally active substances, which most often cause endocrine disorders, impair the reproductive development of children. They can also lead to cardiovascular disease, diabetes and infertility in adults.
The presence of these chemicals does not guarantee 100 percent that taking water from a plastic bottle will cause us serious health problems, but it is still a reason to think.
I think it is a little early to draw any serious conclusions about whether or not these chemicals are harmful to our health. But one thing is for sure, they are not good for us, says pharmacist Bruce Bloomberg, who works at the University of California, Irvine.
However, experts advise to keep your water in glass bottles or stainless steel containers.
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