Authors
Martin Wagner, Jörg Oehlmann
Publication date
2009/5
Journal
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Volume
16
Issue
3
Pages
278-286
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Description
Discussion and conclusions
Our results demonstrate a widespread contamination of mineral water with xenoestrogens that partly originates from compounds leaching from the plastic packaging material. These substances possess potent estrogenic activity in vivo in a molluskan sentinel. Overall, the results indicate that a broader range of foodstuff may be contaminated with endocrine disruptors when packed in plastics.
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M Wagner, J Oehlmann - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2009