Comments on: Chemical Antimony Found In Plastic Bottles of Fruit Juice

By: Is Pepsi the Choice For A Green Generation? | SNS Post

Is Pepsi the Choice For A Green Generation? | SNS Post — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:58:12 +0000

[...] that leaches out of plastics, including PET. Antimony is used to make petroleum-based PET and is documented to leach out of the plastic. PepsiCo stated that antimony was not used to make bioplastic PET, but [...]

By: Josefine

Josefine — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:39:22 +0000

Whilst this is of course awful news, I feel the need to express how awesome I think it is that a Swedish scientist was mentioned. :P Uppsala is our eldest university, actually. It is very highly thought of.

I only have a couple of months left until I’m totally up to date with this blog! It’s exciting but quite scary at the same time. What will I amuse myself with afterwards? Finding out more about plastic, probably, and staying up to date. I’ve made myself a fan of the Fake Plastic Fish site at Facebook today though, and almost immediately a friend of mine did too. Incredible how it spreads!

By: Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume 157. | The Good Human

Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume 157. | The Good Human — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:31:49 +0000

[...] Chemical Antimony Found In Plastic Bottles of Fruit Juice. According to a statement released on March 1 from the Royal Society of Chemistry, 42 different juices were tested across 16 brands, and found concentrations of antimony up to a factor of 2.7 above the EU limit for drinking water. [...]

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:00:25 +0000

Hi One Second Viral. I don't think recycling is the answer to the antimony problem. Jennifer Taggart, who commented above, mentioned that she has found antimony in polar fleece clothing, which is sometimes made from recycled bottles. .-= Beth Terry´s last blog ..It’s About Community: A Conversation with Annie Leonard =-.

By: One Second Viral

One Second Viral — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:28:06 +0000

We never knew about the dangers of Antimony. However, does recycling plastic help in your opinion? One Second Viral

By: An Interview with Beth Terry: Live life with less plastic. | Recycle Your Day

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:58:22 +0000

[...] in their plastic packaging. We know about chemicals like BPA, phthalates, styrene, and recently antimony in #1 PET bottles; but what about the chemicals we don’t know about? Plastic bottles, bags, and containers [...]

By: Eleanor Sommer

Eleanor Sommer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:26:47 +0000

A great post! Well presented.

We, too, gave up juice a long time ago for the same reasons. We keep a bit around (purchased in glass bottles) and add an ounce or two to plain water or sparkling water when we want something “special” to drink.

By: Sally

Sally — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:31:37 +0000

But they found antimony in drinks packed in glass and cartons too. So it’s clearly from the processing…OR the fruit!

By: Victor

Victor — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:38:44 +0000

My parents have always been telling me not to drink water from those plastic bottles that were left in my car. Maybe i should listen to their warnings.
.-= Victor´s last blog ..Day Trip to Boreal 2010 =-.

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:23:35 +0000

Thanks for this post and for stating the precautionary principle. I thought of you today, when walking on our Cape Cod beach, where plastic was deposited all over the access path to the shore, by a winter storm. I will post photos of the litter tomorrow. Yes, we need to be aware the plastic in bottles may leach into the fruit juice. What a world we humans have created! .-= Alexandra´s last blog ..Bonus Post: Wellfleet Marina before Sunset =-.