The Fool wrote:http://www.nature.com/nsu/030331/030331-2.html
Ronn! replied:A chemical commonly found in plastic food containers harms growing mouse eggs, according to a new study1 - fuelling the debate over the additive's safety.Is anyone really in favor of having mice giving birth inside of their food packages? I thought one of the major reasons for packaging food in plastic was to keep vermin such as mice _out_ of the food . . .
The worry is probably that plastic that is discarded after use is affecting the mice. Of course, depending on your perspective, that might not be a bad thing... :-)
Seriously, though, if the chemical affects mouse health, who knows what *other* organisms might be adversely affected.
Yes, it might also affect cockroaches.
-- Ronn! :)
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