On Sep 12, 2009, at 10:18 AM, R Gonet wrote:
> It was earlier reported on the RBW website that Sigg was exchanging > its pre-August-2008 metal water bottles for new ones because the older > ones were lined with an epoxy that contained BPA. As you may recall, > Grant was very apologetic for having sold them and now has published > the Sigg CEO's mea culpa in the Rivendell News section of the site. > Sigg's excuse is that while the bottles did contain BPA, they only > leached an insignificant amount, so apparently it was not worth > mentioning. The research they had done indicated *no* leaching of BPA, not an "insignificant amount" which implies tat some BPA was leached. Let's keep the facts correct. If the liner is adequately polymerized, such things are sequestered in the lining. What is important is what is in the water, not what is in the lining of the bottle. There are probably more contaminants in the water coming out of your tap than could be added by storage in a Sigg bottle. (For example, traces of something like 17 pharmaceuticals can be isolated from our local tap water, which is the result of medicines being flushed into the sewer system to dispose of them. We have, in some areas of the metro, traces of industrial contaminants in the water that have been leaching from land fills. Etc.). > Patagonia did more due diligence than RBW before it > carried the bottles and was assured by Sigg that the bottles contained > no BPA. As a result, Patagonia is terminating its relationship with > Sigg and returning all of its stock to them. There is a very > interesting post on the Patagonia blog with a lot of comments > commending Patagonia for taking its stand. > http://www.thecleanestline.com/2009/09/patagonia-terminates- > relationship-with-sigg-water-bottles.html. > I am not criticizing RBW because they were misled by Sigg. I do find > fault with Sigg for misleading the public on this issue and because > they have betrayed my trust I will not purchase their products in the > future. That, of course, is your choice. The Sigg bottles in our house are probably not going to be returned (some have the new liner, some have the old liner, some predate the old liner). I don't care if there is BPA in the liner if it does not leach into the contents of the bottle. As usual, Grant and Rivendell chose to do the right thing when the information became available to them. One of the reasons I do business with them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
