我已寫email到Nalgene原廠詢問(內容如下),有任何消息再跟各位山友報告.
I am the user of your Nalgene bottle from Taiwan,ROC. According to recent local news report, the material of Nalgene bottle is PC which will release a chemical element called Bisphenol-A(BPA)when pouring in hot water. The news report says BPA will cause cancer, is it true? Please reply ASAP to ease my worry, thanks a lot!
詳細的研究了一下PC的材質
結果真的不樂觀
大家可以注意一下
因為在山上使用Nalgence裝熱水的人真的很多
A leaching out of the polycarbonate bottles, and that much smaller amounts of the contaminant were sufficient to increase the rate of chromosomal errors.
More on the accident
Other studies have determined that it doesn't take exposure to harsh detergents to cause bisphenol A to leach out of polycarbonate. The older the plastic is, the faster the leaching rate. Heating also increases the amount of the contaminant that escapes.
原文可參考
http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/oncompounds/bisphenola/2003/2003-0413-nalgenebpa.htm
山貓水壺原廠回覆如下:
Sir,
As a responsible manufacturer of polycarbonate consumer products, Nalge Nunc International has monitored scientific research concerning the safety of our products including Bisphenol-A for many years.
Based on the findings of the Food and Drug Administration, The Environmental Protection Agency, The American Plastics Council and other reliable sources from around the world, we continue to firmly believe in the safety of our products. (依照食物和藥品管理局,環境保護機構,美國塑膠協會與其他世界各地可信賴的資料來源,我們持續的確信產品的安全性)
Nalge Nunc International also believes in providing its customers with the most factual information currently available on this subject. The following reference sources are provided for customers wishing to perform additional research.
http://www.bisphenol-a.org/
http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsID.92/news_detail.asp
http://www.plasticsinfo.org/babybottles/index.html
http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/science/research/AdditivesResearch/a03prog/a03projlist/a03036proj/
http://www.plasticsinfo.org/food/hunt_study.html
http://www.epa.gov/endocrine/about.html
SNEWS article regarding BPA http://www.nalgene-outdoor.com/technical/snewsbpa.pdf
Please feel free to contact me with any additional questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Tom Baroody
NNI Technical Support
75 Panorama Creek Drive
Rochester, New York 14625
[email protected]
1-800-625-4327 ext.7315