http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8361863.stm
This is a story I found through my RSS "Latest Headlines" feed published by the BBC. In case you think this is something new, it isn't. We've been concerned about this possibility for a while now, starting with observations made by organismal biologists that certain animal species (I remember seeing a video about everglades alligators who were being affected by this when I was a freshman), presumably as a result of exposure to these feminizing chemicals from plastics. I wouldn't say stop using anything plastic, by any stretch, but there looks to be something here. Admittedly, a behavior study is sort of sketchy evidence, but if you look up this Dr. Shanna Swan's publications list, she has a lot of material out there with much more quantitative, solid results. There is more work to be done, to be certain, before a conclusion can be made, but maybe give one of these new aluminum water bottles a try, anyway.
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