plastic bottles...

[erin-x]

Is it really bad for you to reuse plastic bottles? Or is it just a myth??

[boxtops]

It can be bad if you refill a plastic bottle and leave it in the sun - there is research that if you have a bottle of water in the car, the action of the sun on it can produce toxins in the water. Otherwise no, I don't think so - I reuse plastic water bottles all the time.

[boxtops]

^ the toxins in the water can leech from the chemicals in the plastic bottle, and this action is triggered by the sunlight.

[erin-x]

Ahh okay... It's all I drink from!! I always have about 5 in the fridge.

Another thing I don't understand... Why does bottled water have an expiration date?? Lol!

[anneasquith]

well i never knew that ! but im assuming its ok to reuse them and store in the fridge ?

[boxtops]

I know..... it lives for hundreds of years in the ground, then we bottle it, and suddenly it's out of date!

[boxtops]

Yes anne, IMO - I do it all the time.

[Mick-Talbot]

I think you have been myth led

[Jumbo747]

I don't understand why people buy bottled water - I prefer to use the tap!

[ChuckFickens]

^ it's hard to take the tap to the park with you....

[anneasquith]

jumbo........... its now '' cool '' to be seen clutching a bottle of shop bought water,

[Jumbo747]

Ah, indeed, cf, but I use my trunk.............

[boxtops]

There's research, mick, about water bottles in the sun.

[erin-x]

I buy bottled water for the bottle... Then use the tap to refill it! :-)

I was just thinking about it because I need to get new bottles.. The litre one I take to work is past it =s

[Mick-Talbot]

Haven't you got a tap at work?

[erin-x]

Yeah but I prefer drinking from bottles....

[sandyRoe]

You sometimes see drinkers sitting in the sunshine drinking their cider from plastic bottles. Could they be doing themselves harm?

[anneasquith]

morning sandy. the sunshine, the plastic bottles. or the alcohol ?

[lady-janine]

lol sandy.

you also see people drinking beer/lager from cans. are they vulnerable to metal poisoning?

[sandyRoe]

Too much sunshine's not a good thing and they don't look the sort who would spend money on sunblock. I'd never thought of metal contaminating the contents of the can. A little alcohol can't do much harm, can it?

Morning all.

[commoner]

They are probably alcoholics sandy....so sunburn plus plastic plus a nice ripe liver from the alcohol..mm...not doing themselves a lot of good...

I'm at the moment sitting on a deckchair in Scarborough with a tin....should be safe there I'd think......well you got to wash the fish 'n' chips down wi' summat..;-)