Mineral water in plastic bottles is very convenient, but it does have possible health implications?
A study by Martin Wagner and Jörg Oehlmann1in in Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Volume 16, Number 3 / May, 2009) found "a widespread contamination of mineral water with xenoestrogens that partly originates from compounds leaching from the plastic packaging material." This is of real concern because xenoestrogens mimic estrogen, a major female hormone.It has been suggested that xenostrogens can cause fertility problems (particularly a reduction in the number and motility of sperm), increased breast cancer growth, endometriosis and adenomyosis (ectopic glandular tissue in muscle).
Many people re-use plastic water bottles and this should definitely be avoided.
