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Most of us eat a little plastic every day, because certain types of plastics leach dangerous chemicals into the food they contain?especially when they’re heated?and these are even made into baby bottles. But scientists are creating edible food wraps made out of fruits and vegetables, so it will soon be safe to not only eat the food, but also the container it comes in.
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Think how many times a day you drink out of a plastic soda or water bottle?we even feed babies with plastic bottles. Now researchers have found disturbing new evidence that exposure to a substance found in plastic food and drink containers may cause an unborn child to develop abnormal chromosomes. Down syndrome is one example of a birth defect caused by an extra chromosome.

The substance, called Bisphenol A (BPA), interferes with cell division in female mice and may affect humans as well. The disruption of cell division can result in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the eggs, which is the leading cause of mental retardation and birth defects in humans.
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