They point to the misdeeds of plastics and not just the environmental pollution they create when they are not collected or treated ...
The main (potential) health problems relate to migrations in the contents of the catalysts of the containers (antimony trioxide in PET and the famous bisphenol A in polycarbonates). These pose grievous problems (especially on male reproduction) past a certain concentration ...
But apparently, on PET, the concentration "migrated" in the product rarely exceeds the standards ...
About Bisphenol A, one of 2 reportage talks about a global production of 3 Million tons per year, 0.5 kg per capita per year ... knowing that a lot of humans do not consume PC, for a catalyst it seems pretty huge ... For example: at home, we should not use more than 1kg PET plastic bottle per year ...
Then I still did not understand what a female hormone was doing in a plastic ...
The 2 reports in question are the following, and we can see them on the net in full:
a) Question on the front page (it was an 2009 redif): Why do we eat plastic?
http://www.rtbf.be/video/v_questions-a- ... egory=info
There is the archive of the show here: http://blogrtbf.typepad.com/qalu/videos.html
b) Special Envoy: A bottle in troubled waters
Jennifer Deschamps and Jean-Marc Nouck Nouck
Can we consume with closed eyes, water packaged in plastic bottles? Scientists are sounding the alarm, the plastic not only pollutes but could harm health.
http://envoye-special.france2.fr/index- ... rique=1781
https://www.econologie.com/bioplastique ... outeilles/
See also: waste-and-recycling / plastic-curse-t9120.html