ive been drinking out of plastic my whole life. All this BPA mombo jumbo is just a scare/sales tactic to ghet u to buy 12 dollar water bottles. plus i love the people who smoke cigarettes and r scared of BPAs.......ohhhh the irony
ive been drinking out of plastic my whole life. All this BPA mombo jumbo is just a scare/sales tactic to ghet u to buy 12 dollar water bottles. plus i love the people who smoke cigarettes and r scared of BPAs.......ohhhh the irony
What irony?
Tell me you didn't buy into that nonsense about cigarettes being bad for you?
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/gene...news_about_BPA
No one can make you believe it.
It's a good idea to be as well informed as possible though.
For example, I'm sure there were lots of people back in the 1960s who questioned the warning against lead based paint.
"Paint? How could that possibly hurt my kids?"
As far as plastics go, look for the recycling code.
3-6-7= Bad
1-2-4-5= Better.
Here's the truth from the professionals, not media.
http://factsaboutbpa.org/
Cabin Fever
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Professional what? That website was created by The American Chemistry Council, a trade association that lobbies and does PR on behalf of chemical manufacturers (i.e. people that make plastic). It's not like that website was created by an independent group of scientist. Let's not assume that the media is the only biased source of information in the world.
As for me, I'll continue on with the plastic I have, mainly because I've been exposed to it long enough that more probably doesn't matter. If and when I buy new bottles, I'll make the switch, mainly because there doesn't seem to be any coherent argument against BPA-free plastic.
Glad I use $1 gatorade bottles.
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Oh...thank god!! I thought this was all about Alar again........
.....Someday, like many others who joined WB in the early years, I may dry up and dissapear....
Soda bottles work for me.
Professional chemists and engineers. My company, one that just happens to be the only corporate sponsor of an AT club, is one of the largest makers of plastic in the world. There has been a wealth of information that says BPA is fine compared to the one study that said it wasn't. It just so happens that we are the premier maker of BPA-free plastic too (Nalgene and Camelbaks are made of Eastman Tritan). We're gold either way.
Cabin Fever
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There have been WAY more than one study about the dangers of Bisphenol-A.
There is ALOT of food and other products just as bad for you as Bisphenol-A.
I avoid those also. Its simplest just to think twice before spending money.
Eat real food. Avoid unneccessary 'health and hygiene' products.
At least when shelter mice piss all over my food they aren't getting rich.
The American Chemistry Council is not made up of chemists and engineers. It's made up of lobbyists and public relations people. It represents corporations that employ chemists and engineers.
My comment had less to do with the accuracy of studies about BPA and more about the accuracy of whether or not the mentioned website represents "the truth from the professionals." Unless by "the professionals" we mean "the professional lobbyists."