Why do we continue to eat and drink out of plastic containers, when we have known for 80 years that plastics have hormonal effects in the body? Even health-conscious people often drink their two liters of water per day from a plastic bottle. Some wildly popular water bottles are made of polycarbonate. Recent news articles have pointed out public health concerns regarding exposure to a known estrogen-mimicking plastic called bisphenol A, or BPA. In fact, in April 2008, the Canadian Government … [Read more...] about Plastic Containers for Food and Water