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Myth Vs. Fact- Plastics and Cancer

PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) - Recently, an e-mail resurfaced that warned women that if they left a bottle of water in a hot car, the heat would release breast cancer causing toxins into the water and they shouldn't drink it.

Unfortunately, this is one of those internet hoaxes that reappear from time to time (click here to read about the hoax),  so KDKA-AM's Larry Richert wanted to get the word out about it.

He talks to Allegheny General Hospital oncologist Dr Jane Raymond about myths and facts about plastic and cancer.

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