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0 pointsR0b0t14y ago0 comments

Some pthalates seem to be detectable to some subset of the population. Same chemicals that are estrogen-alike.

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stephen_g4y ago· 2 in thread

Why would milk containers have phthalates in them? All ours here in Australia are made with HDPE which doesn't need plasticisers.

Although I have read that apparently a fair proportion of milk in the US is made with equipment that uses PVC piping that leeches phthalates before it's even packaged...

kurthr4y ago

It's similar in the US. I'd note that even the crystal clear (highly recyclable) plastic you see does not contain the phthalates you're looking for. There was a fad in the early 00s for using polycarbonate water bottles that probably contained BPA, but those were then (rightfully) banned. You can't even use BPA or ortho-phthalates in children's toys since they very likely put them in their tiny mouths.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1367856/

R0b0t1OP4y ago

Plastics still need a plasticizer, so those BPA-free plastics simply use a chemical like BPA but not studied.

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