Published: 12 April 2010
According to the “Centre Daily Times” (State College, PA), Penn State University has installed four water-refilling stations for students and employees in order to research the stations’ practicality and whether they reduce the use of bottled water. A club called 3e-coe, composed of education majors and self-proclaimed Earth lovers, had urged the Office of Sustainability […]
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Published: 9 April 2010
Earth911.com reports two major plastics recycling associations recently announced that they are seeing a startling increase in mislabeled plastic bottles, including a considerable increase of bottles mislabeled with the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin identification code as well as bottles mislabeled as compatible with PET recycling, which could wreak havoc on the recycling stream. David […]
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Published: 23 June 2009
According to “Hospitality Magazine,” according to a study conducted by plastic bottle manufacturer Portavin, 12 months after bottling, the wine in the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles were showing more age and development because they were less full and fresh in taste, and more bitter and colored, compared to the same wine in the glass bottles. […]
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Published: 7 May 2009
The “Discovery Channel” reports new evidence suggests that plastic water bottles may not be so benign after all as scientists in Germany have found that polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics — the kind used to make water bottles, among many other common products — may also harbor hormone-disrupting chemicals that leach into the water. It […]
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Published: 21 April 2009
“Environmental Sciences & Technology” reports new research analyzing mineral water held in bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is raising questions about whether contaminants might leach from PET into the water where they mimic estrogen’s effects. The researchers tested 20 brands of mineral water sold in either glass or plastic bottles or both, and […]
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Published: 20 April 2009
According to “Beverage Daily,” bottled water manufacturers may be forced to rethink their packaging as environmental criticisms over the impact of bottling mineral water is expected to lead to stagnant growth in the segment over the coming year, especially for polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
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Published: 3 April 2009
The Wired Science Blog reports everyday plastic packaging potentially releases toxic compounds into unsuspecting drinkers, which mimic natural sex hormones. Research suggests that fetal xenohormone exposures have been linked to reduced virility in boys and the early onset of puberty in girls, and these effects may even linger in subsequent generations.
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Published: 2 April 2009
Toronto’s “Globe and Mail” reports researchers in Germany have found traces of an unknown estrogen-mimicking chemical leaching into mineral water from polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, a widely used type of plastic bottle. Scientists detected estrogenic activity in 78 percent of polyethylene terephthalate samples, according to a study published online in Environmental Science and Pollution […]
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Published: 2 April 2009
According to “Red Orbit,” Martin Wagner and Jörg Oehlmann from the Department of Aquatic Ecotoxicology at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, found plastic mineral water bottles contaminate drinking water with estrogenic chemicals. Researchers have found these chemicals result in an increased development of embryos in the New Zealand mud snail, showing […]
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Published: 24 March 2009
A recent study conducted by Martin Wagner and Jörg Oehlmann has found a widespread contamination of mineral water with xenoestrogens that partly originates from compounds leaching from the plastic packaging material. The results indicate that a broader range of foodstuff may be contaminated with endocrine disruptors when packed in plastics. This provides first evidence that […]
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