Contact with hot liquid causes a huge spike in the amount of toxic chemical bisphenol A leaching out of plastic bottles, says new research that’s bad news for baby-bottle-sterilizing parents and hot-liquid-drinking hikers. Filling bottles with boiling water boosted rates of BPA ooze by up to 55 times more than room-temperature water did, according to the study published in the journal Toxicology Letters. The age of the bottle was found to be irrelevant. Cold chocolate, anyone?
Hot liquid increases toxic leaching from plastic bottles, says study
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