On 4/13/08 3:53 PM, Janice Blair wrote:
www.IATP.org
The name "Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy" bears
an unsettling resemblance to the name "Center for Science in
the Public Interest".
She also just sent me the following websites which give
more information
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/12/24/polycarbonate.worries.ap/
CNN has a better reputation than other news media, but no
news medium can avoid being biased in favor of a good story;
best viewed as a source of leads to follow up.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080411/BUSINESS/804110360
A newspaper story; same lack of reason for unquestioning
belief as above. (Can you tell that when I was very young,
I took part in an event that was written up in the local
paper? Left me cynical, it did.)
http://www.stats.org/stories/2008/should_baby_bottles_feb9_08.html
It has a plausible name; nothing in a quick scan to alarm
me; if there are signs of axe-grinding or quackpottery, they
aren't up on top. But I don't *know* these people.
And here's the Platypus site:
http://www.platypushydration.com/product_detail.aspx?ProdID=36
Platypus bottles are made of polypropylene (plastic
#5), and they don't make your water taste weird.
Sales page. Sounds like a good product, the personal
testimony from a friend of a friend works in their favor.
But at $7-$10/bottle, I don't think I'd throw them away at
the first sign of dirt or wear as I presently do with my
24/$2.99 bottles.
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