This sort of thing is what happened with the Nalgene bottles, which are now scarcer than hens teeth.
There’s this big broohaha about bisphenol-A leaching from polycarbonate, but according to the study done, water kept in a Nalgene bottle at room temperature had no bisphenol-A in it. The only time it showed up at 5 ppb, was in baby bottles kept at 170 degrees for 24 hours. Like anyone keeps baby bottles at that temperature for that period of time.
I need to ask mr. mm where he read of that study, but we certainly are not giving up our nalgene bottles or any other polycarbonate. The short time of exposure that our drinks have to polycarbonate the few times we use them does not expose us to any level of risk that we feel is significant.
I’m probably much more likely to get hit by a car crossing the street or get struck by lightning that suffer any side effects from the bisphenol-A that hasn’t leached into my room temperature Nalgene bottle that held my water for 3 hours.
Great. Now you’ve done it! Here’s tomorrow’s headline:
“Scientists Discover Getting Hit By a Car Bad for Your Health” ;)
I work with a guy whose wife is a total EnviroNatzie. She has him jumping through hoops because she wears the pants in the family to start with, but she’s got him terrified of EVERY little health scare that comes along.
When this plastics scare came out, he started drinking water (he drinks gallons a day for some unknown reason) from a mason jar. It looks like he’s drinking Moonshine all day long.
These people are nuts. How on Earth did our ancestors manage to survive REAL threats like Saber-toothed Tigers, natural wildfires, floods, famine and the like? *SMIRK*