04 | 22 | 2008 Posted By Regan Zambri & Long

Nalgene Plastic Bottles Linked to Potential Health Concerns

Nalgene Outdoor Products will stop using its trademark plastic to produce water bottles following the release of new research linking one of its main ingredients to precancerous tumors, urinary tract problems and an early onset of puberty in laboratory animals.  According to the New York Times, the sporting goods company made the decision to drop bisphenol-a (better known as BPA) from the ingredients list of its popular, hard, plastic bottles after the Canadian government moved to declare the chemical toxic.

The action also came just as National Toxicology Program in the U.S. released its Draft Brief on Bisphenol-A, concluding that the “possibility that bisphenol-a may alter human development cannot be dismissed.”  Research published in a recent edition of the journal Toxicology Letters had demonstrated that exposing the plastic bottles to boiling water led to BPA contamination at a rate 55 times higher than normal.

In addition to Nalgene drinking bottles, bisphenol-a is commonly found in food-related plastic products -- items such as baby bottles, toddler sipping cups and food containers like aluminum soda cans, which are often lined with the substance to prevent the contents from absorbing the taste of aluminum. 

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