Today’s entry is the first in an ongoing series of green living hot news topics:

A recent study to quantify the increase of bisphenol-A or BPA in human urine excreted from people drinking water from hard plastic (polycarbonate)  bottles was recently completed by researchers at the Harvard Medical School.

The results of their study identified a 69% increase of BPA in the urine from test subjects drinking water from polycarbonate plastic bottles containing bisphenol-A (BPA).

There is an ongoing debate concerning the health effects of bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical additive to plastic bottles storing consumable liquids, in adults, though other studies have shown possible links to heart disease and liver toxicity.

Detailed information can be found on the original news post at Boston.com (The Boston Globe) by clicking the following link:

Harvard study backs bottle concern