#3 Plastic containers
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Plastic containers used to store food and drink are the main problem here, since plastics can contain a chemical known as bisphenol-a or BPA. BPA is well known as a hormone disruptor meaning in can wreak havoc with the body’s normal hormone levels. Hormones are absolutely essential to keep our bodies functioning normally, so disrupting them can cause a host of problems, many of which we probably have not even discovered yet.
