My mum is heavily influenced by my aunt.
She sends her email forwards, about how plastic bottles should never be reused as plastic is so unstable, and you will get plastic molecules in you, which are carcinogenic. My mum takes this as gospel, even though my girlfriend, a science teacher, pointed out that this is not the case, and plastic is very stable.

Still though, my mum harps on about only storing food in glass bowls now, no tupperware etc, as it will give you cancer. The 'doctor' who provided the email pointed to the fact that since plastic came into common usage, cancer rates have shot up.

My response to this rant last night:

"Mum, if you are so worried about carcinogens in plastic, which you have no scientific basis on, why do you smoke, when there is an entire school of knowledge PROVING that smoking causes all sorts of cancer, and other illnesses?"

Her response is generally a deft wave of the hand and a coment such as "what do you know?", then goes back to drinking her gin with a dash of tonic.

Still love her though!
(The Kwyjibo A big, dumb, balding North American ape., Fri 12 Feb 2010, 12:52, 3 replies)

Plastic does produce carcinogens
But depending on the plastic, it takes several months to years to do so. So you can re-use it for quite some time before it becomes even slightly dangerous! I laughed at the smoking :D *Clicks*
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 13:28, closed)

Sorry,
I know that there are carcinogens in it, but it is not so unstable that if you reuse an Evian bottle, you will die, which is what she was suggesting!
(The Kwyjibo A big, dumb, balding North American ape., Fri 12 Feb 2010, 13:44, closed)

That is class.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Fri 12 Feb 2010, 13:38, closed)