Thursday, January 22, 2009
Polycarbonate risks to Babies
Recently, people were talking about the risk of using Polycarbonate (PC) material for water bottles. Previously, people were shocked by the news that Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles such as mineral water bottles should not be used because it is a risk to our health.
I believe after the news regarding the PET bottles spread out, every each of us start to buy PC bottles. So, what is actually happening here?
According to US FDA (Food & Drug Administration), PET is pretty much safe material to be used as food container. However, it is not suitable to fill up boiled water since the typical glass transition temperature for PET is 75 deg C. So, what about PC? The typical glass transition temperature for PC is 150 deg C. It should be ok if you fill it up with boiled water ~100 deg C. But, actually, that is not the problem. [Read More…]
