Thursday, 17 January 2013

Plastic bottles make you fat, infertile




Plastic bottles have proved be our unknown enemies in many number of ways. Chemicals called pthalates that are found in all plastic products affects our health.

1) Pthalates are also linked to obesity. They disturb the normal metabolism in humans, by distrupting the proper functioning of endocrine system. As the result of impaired metabolism, our body fats are not broken down and leads to fat accumalation.

2) Pthalates reduce the fertility in males with lower testosterone production and reduced sperm count. Infact pthalates are used to feminize the male animals.

     3) In case of females higher levels of pthalates exposure can lead to miscarriage, premature symptoms of puberty, stillbirth 

     

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