Not only are water bottles destroying the planet, but they are turning guys into girls — in a way. BPA is a chemical found in plastic softeners that has been banned in virtually every country on the planet with the notable exception of the United States. Why?  It probably has something to do with BPA being made by an American company. The problem with BPA is that it not only softens the plastic in our bottles, but it also is remarkably identical in chemical composition to the female estrogen hormone. 

 “According to Martin Wagner and Jörg Oehlmann from the Department of Aquatic Ecotoxicology at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, plastic mineral water bottles contaminate drinking water with estrogenic chemicals.” This means that you are literally taking female hormones when you quench that thirst after a run. For teens, the result is earlier female development and the feminization of guys; essentially 10 year old girls who start to look like 18 year old girls and 18 year old guys who look more like 10 year old boys. 

If you are a boy drinking these chemicals, you will lift less, have far less facial hair, be smaller than normal and probably cry at romantic movies — just kidding on the last part. For a girl, 18 year old guys will start asking you to prom until they find out your still a 6th grader.

BPA unfortunately can be from in my products that we use daily especially in plastic containers, canned foods, and of plastic bottles. BPA can cause many health problems and can males and females which can start to cause problems too. When males and females have a higher BPA level it is shown that it can be harder for females to get pregnant. It can also cause there to be health problems with their kids. For example kids are more likely to Asthma.     

I asked some male students if they knew they were turning into she males and they had no idea. None of them knew this and were very surprised about this.