TrumanB Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 File this in your "We're all going to die" folder, along with Global Warming (er, I mean "climate change"), terrorism, etc., etc. http://www.wgal.com/hotlinks/15837753/detail.html (Link to the Today Show report is at the bottom) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hail2theskins74 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I saw that on the news tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedlightG20 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 i'll still drink out of bottles.... and then re-use them with more water from the tap! Take THAT, society! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumrunner6900 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Everything is dangerous to some degree. Drink, smoke, and **** and have a good time in the short time you are here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outbaksean Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 most bottled water is the same as tap water anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan07 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 i'll still drink out of bottles.... and then re-use them with more water from the tap!Take THAT, society! I do that too!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sisko Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Actually, the fact that were all going to die is something I can state with 100% certainty, plastic water bottles or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Villi Phanatic Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I read about the leeching of chemicals from plastic bottles, especially from heat and sun exposure, a while back but didn't know the different codes and corresponding chemicals and whatnot on different bottles... unfortunately, it's a pain in the *** to find a good source of water and likewise to transport it... probably the best way is to get a good filtration system and use glass to carry any water with you... obviously, not the most practical thing though... there are things that are easy enough to do though like not leaving bottled water out in the sun... I'm sure it's common enough to do something like buy a case of water or a few gallons and then leave the water in the backseat of a car during the day and just takes a bit of thought and planning to avoid it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raub Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I quit using plastic bottles a few months ago. I buy glass bottles of mineral water and then refill them with filtered water from our well. Another thing you should avoid is heating food on styrofoam plates. Yes, there are dangers everywhere, and you can't avoid them all, but this is an easy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Have...to...resist...making this a religious thread. If I use a plastic bottle for drinking water from, I wash it, and I change it out when I replace the original drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofAlvinWalton Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I quit using plastic bottles a few months ago. I buy glass bottles of mineral water and then refill them with filtered water from our well. Another thing you should avoid is heating food on styrofoam plates.Yes, there are dangers everywhere, and you can't avoid them all, but this is an easy one. Please tell me you didn't need someone to actually tell you that heating food on styrofoam plates was bad for you. :laugh: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 File this in your "We're all going to die" folder, along with Global Warming (er, I mean "climate change"), terrorism, etc., etc. Everything kills us. Hold on let me go get a Deer Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raub Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Please tell me you didn't need someone to actually tell you that heating food on styrofoam plates was bad for you. :laugh: . Yes, and I've also heard that running with scissors is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGreenistheBest Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I did this as a science fair experiment 15 years ago and was shocked at all the crap that came off the bottles into the water. Apparently a stainless steel container is healthy...for now. They're not cheap, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Villi Phanatic Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I quit using plastic bottles a few months ago. I buy glass bottles of mineral water and then refill them with filtered water from our well. Another thing you should avoid is heating food on styrofoam plates.Yes, there are dangers everywhere, and you can't avoid them all, but this is an easy one. It's easy enough to reduce your risks in this case, but I don't think it's easy to avoid this issue, period, at least not for everyone. For instance, it's more difficult for us non home-owners (I have an apartment) to get a filtration system set up. Also, it's certainly not easy for many, if not most people to use glass to transport their drinking water with them, especially if they're drinking a lot of water each day. Depending on where you work, if you travel for business frequently, a ton of other variables, it is definitely not easy to transport drinking water with you in glass containers. However, I will agree that it's easy to reduce risks associated with bottled water though you naturally can't control any risks of chemicals leeching from the bottles before they get in your hands (such as how bottled water is shipped and stored before you buy it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebowski Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Anyone know a good way to test the water to see if its safe? I have 5 separate one gallon containers that I refill at super market water stations. I have been using the same containers for months. I'd like to test them before I replace them to see what I've been drinking all this time. Too bad the tap water here sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGreenistheBest Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 You know...Evian is Naive spelled backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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