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Go Tell It on the Mountain
Canadian outdoor-goods retailer won't sell plastic water bottles |
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10 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 9:59 AM on 10 Dec 2007 Mountain Equipment Co-op, Canada's largest outdoor-goods retailer, has yanked Nalgene bottles and other polycarbonate plastic containers from its shelves, concerned about toxic bisphenol A leaching from the plastic. MEC -- the Canadian equivalent of U.S.-based retailer REI -- has been one of Canada's largest sellers of the bottles. Canada's health agency is currently stud ... |
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