We
store water in all sorts of plastic bottles, jugs or containers. It can be low
grade or high grade, but plastic is plastic! This is a very harmful daily
practice, as plastic containers carry lot of chemicals and bacteria.
Let’s see the harmful effects of
drinking water in plastic bottles:
Harmful substances:
Apart
from harmful chemicals in plastic, water when get stored in plastic bottles
also produces harmful substances like fluoride, arsenic and aluminium which can
be poison for human body. So, drinking water from plastic bottles would mean
drinking slow poison that will slowly and steadily deteriorate your health.
Dioxin production:
Plastic
does melt in hot environment. And we, often store water in plastic bottles
while driving and so many times leave it in the car where it is in the direct
exposure of sun. Such heating releases a toxin called Dioxin which when
consumed can accelerate breast cancer.
BPA generation:
Biphenyl
A is an estrogen-mimicking chemical which can lead to lot of health problems
like diabetes, obesity, fertility problems, behavioral problems and early
puberty in girls. It’s better not to store and drink water from a plastic bottle.
Liver cancer and reduced sperm count:
Because
of presence of a chemical called phthalates in plastic, drinking water from
plastic bottles can also lead to liver
cancer and reduction in sperm count.
Nowadays,
we get water mostly in plastic bottles and to increase its health content,
manufacturers make it vitamin-enriched to attract buyers. But this is even more
harmful as it carries health-harming additives like food dyes and high fructose
corn syrup.
Impact on immune system:
Our
immune system is immensely affected when we drink water in plastic bottles. The
chemicals from plastic bottles are ingested and tend to disturb our body’s
immune system.
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