I just read an article in Discover magazine that is just so frightening that I had to post it. Generally speaking I think it is a cop-out to just post an article that someone else wrote. But this is a must-read. Here is just a teaser of the whole article:
“The most pressing question about plastic, though, may be whether daily exposure alters the health and fertility of our children and perhaps even our children’s children. It turns out that the hormonelike chemicals in plastic may remodel our cells and tissue during key stages of development, both in the womb and in early childhood. When pregnant mice are exposed to chemicals in plastic, the mammary and prostate tissue of their developing embryos proliferates abnormally, and sensitivity to hormones is forever turned up. Perhaps most disturbing is the significant increase in chromosomal abnormalities in the eggs forming in those embryos. Those are the eggs that will make the next generation. Thus, if the worst-case scenario proves true, early exposure to plastic can reshape not just our children but their children, too.”
Click the Discover link at the top to read the rest. Maybe buying all that Tupperware after Princess was diagnosed with Celiac disease was a mistake?
May 7, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Plastic — bah — I have been waging war on the filthy stuff for over a year now and I don’t mean just refusing carrier bags. Each month I veto a plastic/plastic packed product and substitute a better packaged, more sustainable, biodegradable options. Ad I have found out more about plastic I would reccomend you avoid it as much as possible.
May 12, 2008 at 4:58 pm
This is one of the things that is covered in the book Barb recommended by Dr. Sax about boys. I noticed that there are a LOT more sodas in bottles at Sam’s club the last time we were shopping – makes you kinds of go, hmmmmmmmmmmm…..????