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I heard this a while back, when they said to give your kids tap water instead of bottled.
Drinking from plastic water bottles raises level of bisphenol-A chemical in body by 70%.
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I did, twice. Just wondering where I could find out in the thread.Originally Posted by rodster831
they're notOriginally Posted by TuBbBbBbY
I drink cold water out of one of these. Rubbermaid bottle. I hope they're BPA safe.
read through the thread
When I bought them, it said they were BPA free, but I'm fully aware that it could be false.
Any other feasible alternatives besides Kleen Kanteens out there?
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Ughhh...I hate seeing stuff like this.
So I was like "I bet NT would hate it too".
So I was like "I bet NT would hate it too".
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Go to the spring and do this then...
I keed.
Anybody know how these are?
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Originally Posted by MikeTysontheKiller
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If you're gonna drink your Crystal Geiser/Evian/Kirkland water, that's fine......just DON'T reuse the bottle. If you're reusing those cheapplastic bottles and washing em with soap and hot water, you are releasing those chemicals such as BPA away from the plastic and into the water. I got a KleanKanteen that I use but I'm not gonna stop drinking bottle water...I just won't reuse the plastic bottle.
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^I'm not quite sure cause I haven't really done extensive research on that subject. I do know that heat such as hot water increases the release of BPAfrom the bottles. That's why there has been research on re-using bay bottles and its correlation to autism and other various neurological disorders.
Check: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030503285.html
Check: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030503285.html
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Can we stop spreading misinformation for a sec please?
Most 500 mL, 20 oz, and 1 L bottles are made with PETE (1) plastic, which contains no BPA and does not leech into the drink.
The reason you shouldn't reuse them is because bacteria can build up in them, and they have many creases that can be hard to wash.
Larger bottles (like the refillable Poland Spring/Arrowhead 5 L jugs), old Nalgene bottles, and other reusable containers, usually made of hard, clear plastic,are the ones that contain BPA.
Plastic single-use bottles are bad for the environment, take a lot of petroleum to produce, and are more expensive, yes......but they don't have BPA.
Most 500 mL, 20 oz, and 1 L bottles are made with PETE (1) plastic, which contains no BPA and does not leech into the drink.
The reason you shouldn't reuse them is because bacteria can build up in them, and they have many creases that can be hard to wash.
Larger bottles (like the refillable Poland Spring/Arrowhead 5 L jugs), old Nalgene bottles, and other reusable containers, usually made of hard, clear plastic,are the ones that contain BPA.
Plastic single-use bottles are bad for the environment, take a lot of petroleum to produce, and are more expensive, yes......but they don't have BPA.
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To all those who are saying it doesn't matter, that kind of ideology is what makes universal health care so difficult in this country.
For some reason a good chunk of Americans have so much trouble understanding and implementing simple and cheap techniques of preventative medicine.
The mindset is: get first sick, then worry about it.
That being said, sometimes I feel like these type of decisions shouldn't be left to the people.
Corporations should be held to a much higher degree of responsibility in these matters. In other words, we shouldn't need a 3rd party source to tell usthat water bottles contain potentially harmful chemicals.
For some reason a good chunk of Americans have so much trouble understanding and implementing simple and cheap techniques of preventative medicine.
The mindset is: get first sick, then worry about it.
That being said, sometimes I feel like these type of decisions shouldn't be left to the people.
Corporations should be held to a much higher degree of responsibility in these matters. In other words, we shouldn't need a 3rd party source to tell usthat water bottles contain potentially harmful chemicals.
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Bad news, this and the McDonald's post... :smh
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up your DNA copying and correction game so you don't get mutations
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TRUTH
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oh crap. i'm dying
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Can we stop spreading misinformation for a sec please?Originally Posted by CIDMAN911
Originally Posted by MikeTysontheKiller
Most 500 mL, 20 oz, and 1 L bottles are made with PETE (1) plastic, which contains no BPA and does not leech into the drink.
The reason you shouldn't reuse them is because bacteria can build up in them, and they have many creases that can be hard to wash.
Larger bottles (like the refillable Poland Spring/Arrowhead 5 L jugs), old Nalgene bottles, and other reusable containers, usually made of hard, clear plastic,are the ones that contain BPA.
Plastic single-use bottles are bad for the environment, take a lot of petroleum to produce, and are more expensive, yes......but they don't haveBPA.>>> If what Joe camel said is true, then you wont have to worry about that.
But about your question before i read camels post, The shipping process of the water bottles, probably heats up the bottles plastic while in transit if theweather outside is hot. So im guess the bpa is already realsed? just a guess idk.