The testing showed that more than 70 percent of the products released chemicals that acted like estrogen. And that was before they exposed the stuff to real-world conditions: simulated sunlight, dishwashing and microwaving...

~George Bittner quoted in All Things Considered, NPR

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npr.org. (n.d.). Study: Most Plastics Leach Hormone-Like Chemicals : NPR. Retrieved March 7, 2011, from http://www.npr.org/2011/03/02/134196209/study-most-plastics-leach-hormone-like-chemicals?sc=tw

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Most plastic products, from sippy cups to food wraps, can release chemicals that act like the sex hormone estrogen, according to a study in Environmental Health Perspectives.

~NPR All Things Considered

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