are cycling water bottles toxic
Not long ago, someone discovered that cycling water bottles (or bidons) contained a toxic chemical called BPA that was potentially seriously harmful to human health. Though it's true regulators and the plastics industry are pointing out that the science on the real-world harms is not yet proven, many are saying the stakes are too high, and the alternatives too easy, to ignore. Read on to see which types of water and baby bottles you don't want to give your kids. 2 Of 4. BPA is a chemical which mimics estrogen and has been banned in baby bottles in the United States. Compared to refrigerated water, the water left at 158 degrees (the temperature of a hot car) contained levels of antimony up to 318 times higher. A dioxin chemical causes cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don’t freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. [Collected via e-mail, 2004] Many are unaware of poisoning caused by re-using plastic bottles. Some of you may be in the habit of using and re-using your disposable mineral water bottles (eg. Evian, Aqua, Ice Mountain, Vita, etc), keeping them in your car or at work. Many walkers are concerned over reports that damaged polycarbonate clear water bottles might leach bisphenol A (BPA) into the water. Many water bottles are made of other plastics and have always been BPA-free. Polycarbonate bottles generally are clear, not opaque. If your clear plastic water bottle has a 7 inside a triangle on the bottom, it might be polycarbonate, although it could still be BPA-free. Manufacturers of polycarbonate bottles swiftly responded by spring of 2008, producing BPA-free versions. Number 7 Plastics. Miscellaneous. Found in: Baby bottles, three- and five-gallon water bottles, certain food containers. A wide range of plastic resins that don't fit into the other six categories are lumped into number 7. Now new research shows these plastic bottles can be dangerous to our bodies as well as the planet. Researchers at the University of Florida studied the levels of two toxic chemicals, antimony and BPA, in bottled water from China over the course of four weeks. They found that the longer a water bottle is left at a warm temperature, the more likely toxic chemicals will be found in the water. While your bottle of water might make you appear to be a purveyor of optimal hydration, it is also a red flag that you may be exposing your body to an onslaught of chemicals. In a recent study by German researchers, nearly 25,000 chemicals were found lurking in a single bottle of water. Many of these chemicals mimic the effects of potent pharmaceuticals inside your body, according to the study published in the journal PLoS One. The study was broken into two parts. Transcript of The Water Cycle: Bottled Water. The Water Cycle: Bottled Water. Intro. Cons of plastic. water bottles. loading up the planet with toxic chemicals. we are drinking chemicals. people use so many plastic water bottles they can wrap around the Earth 3 times. “someone discovered that cycling water bottles (or bidons) contained a toxic chemical called BPA”. I don’t think anybody needed to “discover” it. If I recall correctly, BPA is deliberately added to the plastic to make it less hard and brittle, more squeezy. What was discovered is that BPA can be an estrogen mimic.
Yes, cycling water bottles contained a toxic chemical called BPA.