Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Silencing Science: What you may never know about plastic baby bottles

http://washsp.ec/13ZMsn9

By Lou Dubose
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The Washington Spectator is reporting this week that two independent labs have found that Tritan, a trademarked resin now widely used in plastic consumer goods, is estrogenic active. ● If correct, that means the resin has similar effects on human biology as BPA (bisphenol A), a substance banned from use in products used by young children by the FDA in 2012. ● Eastman Chemical, which makes Tritan, has mounted an aggressive lawsuit in a Texas federal court to overturn these findings and silence the scientists associated with the test results. ● On trial are scientific conclusions vital to the public interest, but much of the information relating to this case is sealed under court order. ● If a Texas jury rules in Eastman's favor in July, you may never know the level of toxicity in your infant's plastic baby bottle.

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http://www.washingtonspectator.org/index.php/Main-Feature/silencing-science-what-you-may-never-know-about-plastic-baby-bottles.html

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If what CertiChem found is correct, when ingested, the estrogenic-active chemical compounds in Tritan will attach to estrogen receptors and can slightly change the way the body functions.

EA chemicals are also androgenic, attaching to androgen receptors in males and potentially altering men’s reproductive function, including prostate and sperm count. Very-low-doses of estrogenic active chemicals—measured in parts per billion— can effect the biological functions of the body.

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Not only did tests done in an independent lab reveal that Eastman’s monomers have EA properties, while Eastman was fighting over the estrogenicity of its product, it was revealed in court documents that Eastman monomers include a plasticizer that also possesses EA properties.

Triphenyl phosphate (TPP), which is found in Eastman resins, is a known estrogenic-active chemical compound. Test results that mention TPP were not included in a paper that Eastman paid a toxicologist to write for a peer-revealed journal, according to court records.

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