[pct-l] love your nalgene bottle

[JOHNNY J FARBER]

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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:31:29 -0700
From: "Brick Robbins" <brick at fastpack.com<about:blank>>
Subject: [pct-l] Love your nalgene bottle, think again
To: "Pacific Crest Trail List" <pct-l at backcountry.net<about:blank>>
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/business/worldbusiness/16plastic.html<about:blank>

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OTTAWA ? The Canadian government is said to be ready to declare as
toxic a chemical widely used in plastics for baby bottles, beverage
and food containers as well as linings in food cans.

(photo => A Nalgene brand bottle, which is made with bisphenol-a. )

A person with knowledge of the government's chemical review program
spoke on the condition he not be named because of a confidentiality
agreement. He said the staff work to list the compound, called
bisphenol-a, or B.P.A., as a toxic chemical was complete and was
recently endorsed by a panel of outside scientists.

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