Discover! >> Scientists Reveal Alarming Reasons You Should Never Re-Use Water Bottles Or Plastic Containers

Scientists have revealed disturbing reasons why consumers should never re-use store-bought water bottles and takeout containers.
They found that adding more water to and heating up ‘single-use’ plastics causes them to shed nanoplastics and toxic chemicals that seep into your food and liquids.
These bottles and to-go containers are made from types of plastics designed to only be used once and disintegrate more easily than sturdier plastics such as those used in Tupperware items.
Re-using the products also causes exposure to styrene, found in synthetic rubber and plastics, which can increase the risk of esophageal and pancreatic cancer.
Sherri Mason, a professor and director of sustainability at Penn State Behrend compared the effects to the way humans shed skin cells.
‘We know at this point that our skin is constantly shedding,’ she said. ‘And this is what these plastic items are doing — they’re just constantly shedding.’
Plastic contains on average 16,000 chemicals — 4,200 of which are considered to be ‘highly hazardous,’ according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
‘Normal humans looking at a sample of water — if there’s visible plastic in it, they’ll be turned off,’ Mason said. ‘But they don’t realize that it’s actually the invisible plastics present that are the biggest concern.’
Nanoplastics are so small they can travel into a person’s blood, liver and brain when they cross the gut, allowing them to pass through cell membranes and enter the blood stream.
‘There is a real significant potential human health impact that is associated with re-using plastics, whether you’re talking about beverages or food,’ Mason told the Washington Post.
Although no cases of particle consumption have been definitively linked to cancer, the accumulation of these nanoparticles in human tissues has been found to increase chemical toxicity that can lead to serious health problems including cancer and developmental defects in children.
A study conducted by researchers at Columbia University released earlier this year found that the average bottle of water contains 240,000 particles, marking the first time researchers were able to identify plastics in single-use bottled water.
This is despite the assurances that bottled water is healthier than drinking tap water, but researchers warned that it is nothing more than a marketing ploy.

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