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#123008 - 02/08/08 02:20 AM Are clear water bottles a health hazard?
z96Cobra Offline
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Registered: 01/11/08
Posts: 17
Recent article in the paper...

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008801300362

Putting hot water in some plastic (Nalgene??) bottles may release more Biphenyl A (BPA) than cold water. The article never mentions the bottles by name, but it sounds like Nalgene.

Roger

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#123014 - 02/08/08 03:13 AM Re: Are clear water bottles a health hazard? [Re: z96Cobra]
Hacksaw
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Nalgene addressed this when several stores took them off the shelves.

The amount of harmful chemicals released is so slight that you'd have to drink like 40L a day or more out of it over a sustained period of time to see even the slightest signs of ill effect.

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#123034 - 02/08/08 07:51 AM Re: Are clear water bottles a health hazard? [Re: tommyb]
z96Cobra Offline
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I don't plan on switching, heck I've been drinking out of plastic bottles for many years now. We buy cases of water here because we are not completely sure of the quality of our water (natural spring on our farm). I'm sure our water is fine, since we've been bathing/washing/brushing our teeth with it for almost 20 years now. I've drank it many times out of the garden hose, man is it cold!!!

Roger

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#123039 - 02/08/08 12:06 PM Re: Are clear water bottles a health hazard? [Re: z96Cobra]
benjammin Offline
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Y'know, you never see beer in plastic bottles. Maybe there is something to this...

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#123052 - 02/08/08 02:24 PM Re: Are clear water bottles a health hazard? [Re: benjammin]
Dan_McI Offline
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Registered: 12/10/07
Posts: 844
Loc: NYC
Originally Posted By: benjammin
Y'know, you never see beer in plastic bottles. Maybe there is something to this...



I've had beer in plastic bottles watching sporting events. I can remember drinking at least one Miller product at a game out of a plastic 16 oz. bottle. When at a game, I normally go to a stand with beer that is a little darker in color.

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#123053 - 02/08/08 02:25 PM Re: Are clear water bottles a health hazard? [Re: benjammin]
harstad Offline
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Registered: 03/04/04
Posts: 71
I'm waiting for the story where they tell us that it turns out that Bisphenol A is actually good for us.

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#123056 - 02/08/08 02:35 PM Re: Are clear water bottles a health hazard? [Re: harstad]
thseng Offline
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Registered: 03/24/06
Posts: 900
Loc: NW NJ
Forget Biphenyl A, all types of plastic water bottles have been found to contain traces of DHMO!

DHMO is made from two dangerous chemicals. For instance, one of them is thought to be responsible for the Hindenburg disaster and the other has been the subject of a great deal of attention in association with the failed Apollo 13 mission.
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#123064 - 02/08/08 03:50 PM Re: Are clear water bottles a health hazard? [Re: thseng]
Arney Offline
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Registered: 09/15/05
Posts: 2485
Loc: California
Originally Posted By: thseng
Forget Biphenyl A, all types of plastic water bottles have been found to contain traces of DHMO!

If you're going to make a joke about that, at least stick a smiley or something in there so you don't cause anxiety in people that don't get it.

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#123070 - 02/08/08 04:29 PM Re: Are clear water bottles a health hazard? [Re: Arney]
aardwolfe Offline
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Registered: 08/22/01
Posts: 924
Loc: St. John's, Newfoundland
Snopes had an article on this long before the current scare.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/petbottles.asp

Basically, the original research was some student's Master's thesis which was picked up by the media without going through any peer review and which has since been debunked.

As for Bisphenol A, there appears to be very little evidence that it poses a health risk to humans, even in large quantities. Environment California is the only organization, as far as I know, that has claimed to find a link, and their report has been criticized by other researchers as being motivated more by politics than by science.

DHMO, however, is an extremely dangerous chemical and should be banned:

http://www.dhmo.org/

You should only imbibe DMHO-tainted products from one of these drinking vessels:

http://www.kleinbottle.com/Tantalus.html

(oh, yeah - forgot the :-) )
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#123074 - 02/08/08 04:50 PM Re: Are clear water bottles a health hazard? [Re: aardwolfe]
Arney Offline
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Registered: 09/15/05
Posts: 2485
Loc: California
Originally Posted By: aardwolfe
DHMO, however, is an extremely dangerous chemical and should be banned:...(oh, yeah - forgot the :-) )

Exactly, don't forget the smiley. Warning about DHMO with a "straight face" is just going to scare the OP or anyone else who doesn't already know the joke and might be concerned about chemicals in their water bottles.

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