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Hard plastic bottles leak chemical into body, study finds [1]

A Harvard University study supports what many public health specialists have long assumed: Hard plastic drinking bottles containing bisphenol A are leaching notable amounts of the controversial chemical into people's bodies.

Publication Date: 
24/05/2009
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok) [2]
Tags:
Health Effects [3], Canada [4], Plastics [5], Medical Research [6]
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