5 Gallon Plastic Water Jugs Contain BPA Consumers Union 2000


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5 Gallon Plastic Water Jugs Contain BPA

Consumers Union 2000

Source - Bisphenol-A (BPA) is the building block of polycarbonate and can from there into water or food.
Health effects - BPA is a leach suspected carcinogen and mimics the hormone estrogen in animal studies.
Limit - There is none.
Our findings - Eight of the ten 5-gallon polycarbonate jugs we checked leached bisphenol-A into water--from 0.5 ppb to 11 ppb. Any health effects would be most likely to occur in developing fetuses, judging from animal research.