> Unfortunately, no matter what water bottle you use there is going to > be some risk of contamination of the contents: bisphenol or some > other plasticizer from any plastic bottle, nickel and other metals > from stainless steel, aluminum from uncoated aluminum, titanium from > titanium bottles and cookware, various contaminants from other > linings, etc. There ain't no free lunch.
Yes to this and to the fact that there is a lot of pollution and only so much filtering can do. But buying something as clean as possible not only helps you if just a little bit, it also helps the environment. Throwing up ones hands and saying I can't win does nothing. On Nov 13, 2:20 pm, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: > Unfortunately, no matter what water bottle you use there is going to > be some risk of contamination of the contents: bisphenol or some > other plasticizer from any plastic bottle, nickel and other metals > from stainless steel, aluminum from uncoated aluminum, titanium from > titanium bottles and cookware, various contaminants from other > linings, etc. There ain't no free lunch. Remember too that the lab > tests indicated no leaching into Sigg's bottles with the old liners > with water sitting in there far longer than a bicyclist is likely to > leave it- but the presence of bisphenol in any quantity, coupled with > Sigg not mentioning it, was enough to set off a firestorm that may > yet destroy the company. > > And what do you put into your water bottle? Bottled water? Same > problems as your water bottles. Tap water? Our local tap water has > been found to contain 27 quantifiable pharmaceuticals plus various > naturally occurring contaminants plus 3M contaminants leaching from > landfills plus other industrial contaminants plus agricultural > contaminants. Filtered water? Doesn't get all of those things out > plus adds the risk of bacteria living in the filters. Well water? > Most non-public supply wells are rarely tested so you have no idea > what's in there. Life's a crapshoot is what I'm saying. If you > live, breathe, eat or drink water on planet Earth you're going to be > exposed to more chemical contaminants and pollutants than you can > count. We've been taking a dump in our living rooms for a very long > time and there are a lot of vested interests to prevent any changes > in the policies that allow this (riding a bike instead of driving at > least helps a little bit with this and, if we all took Copenhagen's > example, could help a whole lot). > > My guess is that having water in just about any water bottle for an > hour or two is unlikely to leach enough stuff into the water to hurt > you, even if you did it every day for the next 20 years. You > probably shouldn't keep it in there for weeks and then drink it. > > Lots of information about water quality and related issues here: > > http://waterquality.cce.cornell.edu/links.htm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
