Will my water bottle cause certain death?

[Danny]

I've met a number of different people recently who have maintained that using plastic water bottles can be dangerous because they leach nasty chemicals into your drink.

As one of these was a biologist, and might actually have known what he was talking about, I am wondering whether to take this threat seriously and switch to metal drinks bottles.

Or am I doomed already after a lifetime of drinking out of plastic?

 

[PaulB]

Yes. Buy a tin of black paint. Go home and paint a cross on your front door. That applies to (I reckon) everyone on here. We're all doomed. Doomed I tells yer!

 

[Davidc]

You're doomed

So am I

So are many other cyclists, athletes, sportspeople.

Abandon hope

Now

Edit: Where's Frazer from Dad's Army when you need him?

 

[mr Mag00]

you are more likely to change sex than die

 

[WeeE]

Well, you can buy steel bottles anyway these days, which are BPA-free (whatever that is) from http://www.onegreenbottle.com - as well as not being poisonous in any discernable way, these have the added advantage of being indestructable enough to boil water in.
Their use as a handy road-rage deterrent is also an interesting possibility.

 

[Panter]

They can leach phalates and other plasticizers which really aren't good for you.
Water bottles are food grade plastic so you shouldn't get excessive amounts though.

I wouldn't personally worry too much about it.

 

[mr Mag00]

moe likely to get upset stomach from a badly washed bottle me thinks

 

[HelenD123]

Isn't it more of an issue with bottled water which you'd buy? This could have been sat on the shelf for months. I can't see that much could leach into a freshly filled bottle on a few hours ride.

 

[PaulB]

you are more likely to change sex than die

Why didn't the Saffers try this one on in the case of Caster Semanya instead of declaring World War III?

 

[Billloudon]

I find the alcohol in my bottle kills off just about anything lurking around. lol

 

[Twenty Inch]

On a long-enough time line, we're all dead.

 

[Speck]

I've met a number of different people recently who have maintained that using plastic water bottles can be dangerous because they leach nasty chemicals into your drink.

As one of these was a biologist, and might actually have known what he was talking about, I am wondering whether to take this threat seriously and switch to metal drinks bottles.

Or am I doomed already after a lifetime of drinking out of plastic?

Only if you get one stuck in your throat

 

[wafflycat]

There is one thing that causes certain death: life.

 

[Danny]

There is one thing that causes certain death: life.

Now you've got me worrying about the meaning of human existence

 

[Bollo]

There is one thing that causes certain death: life.

Speak for yourself, puny mortal!