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Comment by throwaway_tech

> but I haven't seen any definitive proof of it being a problem in our bodies.

Plastic can be toxic...see BPA a building block for certain plastics.

BPA is a known endocrine disruptor, and numerous studies have found that laboratory animals exposed to low levels of it have elevated rates of diabetes, mammary and prostate cancers, decreased sperm count, reproductive problems, early puberty, obesity, and neurological problems.

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