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1. Steven L. Rhyner
Bottled Water Found to Contain Over 24,000 Chemicals,
Including Endocrine Disruptors
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Shocking- research has found bottled water to contain more than 24,000
chemicals, many of which are endocrine disruptors
Modern living constantly faces serious health threats due to the process of manufacturing food and drinks. Yet, there
is a growing number of consumers who ask for plastic products which do not contain the hormone-disrupting
chemical bisphenol-A (BPA), so it positively affected the production of water, drinks and food.
However, a recent German study has discovered plastic containers of food and beverages to contain thousands of
dangerous chemicals, as well as an endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC) called di(2-ethylhexyl) fumarate, or DEHF,
which is absolutely uncontrolled.
Two experts from the Goethe University Frankfurt, Martin Wagner and Jorg Oehlmann, together with a research
team from the German Federal Institute of Hydrology, found this devastating truth due to the tests which searched
for the presence of EDCs, conducted on 18 different bottled water samples.
They found 24,520 different chemicals in the bottled water products subjected to the tests, via bio-assay work and
high-resolution mass spectrometer.
Yet, the most concernng issue was linked to DEHF, which is a plasticizer chemical commonly used with the aim to
provide flexibility to plastic bottles.
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2. Reports suggest that this chemical was found to be the most common culprit which leads to anti-estrogenic activity.
Apart from trace amounts of over 24,000 other possible harmful chemicals, DEHF was indicated to be the only EDC
able to encourage this activity.
The published extract of this study stated that 13 out of the 18 bottled water samples examined showed “significant”
anti-estrogenic activity. Moreover, 16 of the 18 samples tested have been found to impede the androgen receptors in
the body by 90 %.
Furthermore, apart from DEHF, the rest 24,520 chemical traces were also discovered to have negative effects, as
they significantly harm the hormonal system.
Namely, thousands of these endocrine-disrupting chemicals which are used in the production of plastic have been
shown to be material- unsafe.
Yet, what this researching team did not identify is that DEHF is specifically anti-androgenic, meaning that it is not the
only chemical that has a detrimental effect on the ednocrine system. Apparently, there is one, or more, other
chemicals in bottled water which impedes the chemical signaling system of the body, which is in charge of the
production and use of hormones in the body.
“We confirmed the identity and biological activity of DEHF and additional isomers of dioctyl fumarate and maleate
using authentic standards,” report the researchers. “Since DEHF is anti-estrogenic but not anti-androgenic we
conclude that additional, yet unidentified EDCs must contribute to the antagonistic effect of bottled water.”
Therefore, while the findings regarding DEHF are revolutionary, it has been concluded that there is a need for
further research, important in order to identify the types of chemicals leeching from plastic into the food and
beverages we consume.
We cannot expect that this research will be conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), or any of the other three-letter government agencies, sp such independent
scientific teams will again need to play the major role in it.
“This work is a ‘tour de force’ in identification of endocrine disruptors in packaged materials,” says Bruce Blumberg
from the University of California, Irvine, as quoted by Chemistry World.
This type of analysis, he adds, “will be very important for our future understanding of what chemicals we are
routinely exposed to and which of these pose hazards of being endocrine disruptors.”
Meanwhile, we should avoid plastic containers as mush as possible, and use steel or glass instead, in order to
prevent all kinds of health threats.
Yet, the most concernng issue was linked to DEHF, which is a plasticizer chemical commonly used with the aim to
provide flexibility to plastic bottles.
Reports suggest that this chemical was found to be the most common culprit which leads to anti-estrogenic activity.
Apart from trace amounts of over 24,000 other possible harmful chemicals, DEHF was indicated to be the only EDC
able to encourage this activity.
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3. The published extract of this study stated that 13 out of the 18 bottled water samples examined showed “significant”
anti-estrogenic activity. Moreover, 16 of the 18 samples tested have been found to impede the androgen receptors in
the body by 90 %.
Furthermore, apart from DEHF, the rest 24,520 chemical traces were also discovered to have negative effects, as
they significantly harm the hormonal system.
Namely, thousands of these endocrine-disrupting chemicals which are used in the production of plastic have been
shown to be material- unsafe.
Yet, what this researching team did not identify is that DEHF is specifically anti-androgenic, meaning that it is not the
only chemical that has a detrimental effect on the ednocrine system. Apparently, there is one, or more, other
chemicals in bottled water which impedes the chemical signaling system of the body, which is in charge of the
production and use of hormones in the body.
“We confirmed the identity and biological activity of DEHF and additional isomers of dioctyl fumarate and maleate
using authentic standards,” report the researchers. “Since DEHF is anti-estrogenic but not anti-androgenic we
conclude that additional, yet unidentified EDCs must contribute to the antagonistic effect of bottled water.”
Therefore, while the findings regarding DEHF are revolutionary, it has been concluded that there is a need for
further research, important in order to identify the types of chemicals leeching from plastic into the food and
beverages we consume.
We cannot expect that this research will be conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), or any of the other three-letter government agencies, sp such independent
scientific teams will again need to play the major role in it.
“This work is a ‘tour de force’ in identification of endocrine disruptors in packaged materials,” says Bruce Blumberg
from the University of California, Irvine, as quoted by Chemistry World.
This type of analysis, he adds, “will be very important for our future understanding of what chemicals we are
routinely exposed to and which of these pose hazards of being endocrine disruptors.”
Meanwhile, we should avoid plastic containers as mush as possible, and use steel or glass instead, in order to
prevent all kinds of health threats.
Re-posted from www.healthyfoodhouse.com February 16, 2016
Read The Full Article Here: Bottled Water
Found to Contain Over 24,000 Chemicals,
Including Endocrine Disruptors
Sources:
www.naturalnews.com
http://www.plosone.org
www.rsc.org
www.medicalnewstoday.comcomplete-health-and-happiness.com
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