Plastic bottles raise hormonal activity of bottled spring water.
Plastic bottles can further contaminate natural spring water with estrogen active compounds, report researchers who tested and compared water from the same sources but was bottled in either glass or plastic.
More evidence linking pesticides and malformations.
Concern about toxic chemicals in the environment has erupted into the mainstream media again, with new reports tying pesticides to disruption of male hormones, birth defects and cancer.
Pediatricians seek better regulation of toxic chemicals.
The U.S. needs to do a better job protecting children and pregnant women from toxic chemicals, says the American Academy of Pediatrics, the latest of a growing number of medical organizations to call for changes in the way that the government regulates...
