Drinking Water Containers Reasons For Concern

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The Truth About Drinking Water Containers

While shopping for drinking water containers, I ran across some information and some new products that I thought my readers would find interesting. First, let me tell you why it is best to use a glass drinking water container, whenever possible.

Water may begin its journey to your mouth fresh and clean. But, the only way to keep it truly fresh and pure is to store it in glass drinking water containers.

For something that is safe and lightweight, you may look for polycarbonate or another plastic drinking water container. But, all plastic bottles "leak" things like BPA and phthalate, which affects both the taste and the purity of the liquid inside. The longer it sits in the bottle, the more contaminated it will become.

What are BPA and phthalate? BPA is the common abbreviation for Bisphenol A. It is a building block of many polymers, including polycarbonate. Those polymers are then used to make bottles, drinking water containers, cups and tumblers. They are also used to line the interior of canned foods.

Inside the bodies of animals, BPA acts like the hormone estrogen. This can cause numerous health problems. The question of the safety of BPA arose in the 1930s, but the adverse effects of low dose exposure were not reported until 1997. Since then, over 100 studies have been published that raise concerns about the prevalent use of the chemical, particularly in products mean To server food or beverages to infants and children.

To an adult, the health risks are probably slim, so if you want to use a plastic drinking water container while hiking, jogging or biking, that's understandable. To protect the future health and development of children, many major department stores, including Toys R Us and Walmart are removing from their shelves baby bottles, cups and pacifiers that contain BPA.

Phthalate is a similar to BPA and either one or both may be used in the manufacture of plastic drinking water containers. It is also similar to BPA, in that it acts like estrogen and other hormones within the human body.

It is believed that exposure to the small amounts that would leak into a liquid stored in a bottle made from these compounds is not a health threat. But, all of the studies have been connected using either one or the other of the two, when both could be present in water stored in a drinking water container that contains them.

Another issue is that re-usable containers are popular for carrying during sports and exercise. Once they are empty, the consumer may throw it in the dishwasher, where the heat and the ingredients in detergents can further breakdown the chemical composition and cause further chemical leakage.

So, if you are going to use plastic drinking water containers, do not reuse them. Put them in the recycling bin.

I've found that I can purchase a 750 ml glass drinking water container and have no worries about anything affecting the taste or purity. Of course, I use a home filtration device, with certified performance, so I know that what I put in the bottles is pure.

Just recently I learned that I can get a variety of carriers of the glass bottles. One makes it easy to carry a bottle in my hand and also helps to keep it cold. Another is designed so that I can carry two bottles and sling it over my shoulder, leaving my hands free to take care of the kids.
Using purified water from my kitchen filter and my new glass drinking water containers, I can bottle my own at home and save money, while protecting the environment from all of those plastic bottles that people will not seem to recycle. Maybe you should try it.

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Source by Dana Lakes