Toxic Water Bottles?

The FDA hasn't given me ANY reason to believe them in the past few years.

If this is true, I am in big trouble. I have been drinking plenty of water from plastic bottles for years and I cannot even begin to think of an alternative. Glass bottles?

Plastics are terrible for our bodies and for our environment. Beyond BPA, I hear there's estrogen in bottles... something most guys don't really want to put in their body (I hope). We should make a push to get plastics banned and move to all glass and aluminum for our drinks.

Voss sells their water in glass bottles for this reason.

Also, check your areas water treatment facility, they say that tap water builds character.

I went to REI a few months ago and they had an entire display of BPA free water bottles. I ended up buying one. Better safe than sorry...

Bill Moyers dedicated part of his "Journal" on May 23, 2008 to this very issue. The story was broken by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal - whose journalists compiled and analyzed all the relevant research on bisphenol-A (and a few other related chemicals used in many plastics, as well as in most canned products as well) - and found that of the studies funded by the plastic manufacturers themselves, the overwhelming majority stated there was no harm. But of the independent studies conducted by universities and other non-profit agencies, the overwhelming majority found these chemicals caused severe disruption to the endocrine system (that is, the hormone system which controls not only testosterone and estrogen but also insulin and other important processes).

Check it out here: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/05232008/profile.html
and here:
http://www.jsonline.com/index/index.aspx?id=305

I have also read that heat also alters the plastic and that bottles left in the car is not healthy and after consuming long term can also contribute to cancer. Does anyone have any information or studies regarding this too?

http://tinyurl.com/67m2xr I researched Nalgene bottles on this site ... Interesting... Maybe Stainless Steel reusable bottles are the answer. I have used reusable plastic water bottles for years and am a 3 year cancer survivor now... Not saying it is from the plastic ... seems so much seems to lead to one disease or another ... gets confusing.... Any comments on the attached study?

canada banned the importation of bpa containing bottles earlier this year. at least they have a finger on the pulse.

***check recycling lables(bottom of item), the number codes with the arrow circling around it. 1 & 2 are supposed to be considered safe as long as you don't heat/ freeze any food/drink items. ( causing a chemical reactin that leeches bpa into your food/drink.)
#5(polypropylene) (plastic beer cups) are dangerous
#6(polystyrene) & #7 (baby bottles) are made specifically using the chemical compund.

check for bpa-free stickers. check websites and email manufactures for recycling clairification. I did. (advent baby bottles are #7) stop storing food in plastic, stop buying food stored in plastic. re-use spaghetti jars and pickle jars to store leftovers, and clear out that tupperware so your not tempted to use it.

I've heard this before too, from a couple different people. I hope something is done about this, but personally I can't afford the glass bottles. I usually just drink tap water out of a gallon jug I re-use.

Hey there, JanaPokana! I'm no expert myself but, if it'll help you feel a little less panicked, I've read several articles about this stuff already and, most of them have quoted research as saying that some plastics used for food & beverages are actually much safer than others.

The thing to look for, is the number in the little 'recycling number' triangle. They all say that number 7 plastics are the worst, containing the most BPA & other chemicals believed to be hormone disrupters. These chemicals will 'leach' out into food & beverages that are heated, or even acidic.

One article I've read states that number 1 plastics (the one that is used for most bottled water that we buy at the stores) is maybe safe for one-time use but, they say not to use them for refills.

Number 2, and also, number 5 plastics are counted among the Safer Plastics; One of them because it has fewer chemicals to 'leach', the other one because it is less prone to 'leaching' chemicals into food or beverages.

Number 3 plastics they say we should stay away from, for pretty much the same reasons as the number 7s. I bought a gallon size water jug made with number 3s once. I only kept it a few months as I couldn't get that weird chemical odor of fumes to go away, no matter how many times I washed it, and it made the filtered water taste stale or something. The last two months I had it, it just sat, empty on a shelf. I couldn't bring myself to trust it. Now, I know why.

They say number 4s are fairly safe to use in plastic lids. By the way, in case you didn't already know, number 2s are used in things like milk jugs/ OJ jugs, and number 5s are the ones used in most food containers.

I can't afford to replace all my plastic food & water containers, so I just checked all the numbers & most of my plastics were okay. I only had to get rid of a few suspicious, unmarked pieces (they had no numbers imprinted on them, made in China).

That's the sad joke. The U.S. is more lax on consumer protection laws than Europe. One of the articles stated that our government & the FDA consider a chemical (as if it were a human being) "innocent until Proven guilty", a difficult catch-22 for scientists-- the FDA won't consider the results from many years of research as proof because it was done on rats, which are not all that similar to humans but, testing for years on a human presents a major ethical problem-- even though the chemical companies have technically been performing a lot of uncontrolled experiments on all of us for many years.

Anyway, they say to make sure not to microwave anything in plastics, put it into a glass or microwaveable china/earthenware dish first, and try to keep your waterbottles cool, and get rid of Any plastics that are old & worn, scratched or badly stained.

We can't get rid of All plastic products we use. Too many needed uses. Like hospital equipment. Hospitals can't have a whole lot of glass around, & they need to be able to see how much blood is left in the bag. But, we may be able to get the BPAs banned or restricted from unneccesary use. A lot of people are already using the power of their pocket-books, and refusing to purchase any highly suspect plastics that they don't have to, and showing a strong preference for BPA-free products.
Because of our lax policies toward chemicals, other countries have been, to paraphrase, using our country for a dump for their toxic waste, in the form of certain plastics, for many years now. I have yet to see any plastics from China, or Taiwan, that were marked with Any kind of number at all. I won't buy them anymore, except in the form of sunglasses. If you don't think you can trust it, just Don't stick it in your mouth.

The FDA does not have our health and safety in mind, just dollar signs. We, as individuals, are responsible for keeping a balanced body, mind, and spirit.

FDA will make money first, and then several years down the line will recall all of its "safe to use" products. I do not think they can be trusted and feel they are quite corrupted.

I don't trust anything regulated by the FDA....they're a joke!