I agree with tcayer. Why pay for something that’s worse quality than what you get for free? And “funny” that they’ve banned plastic with BPA for baby bottles and not regular drinking bottles. I’m sure that means they’re fine for kids and adults.
Leeching or not, plastic water bottles are a waste of money, a waste of resources (packaging and shipping), and a waste of landfill space (since 86% of water bottles don’t get recycled). Buy a nice metal bottle & fill it from the tap!
I dunno about the urban myth part, but when I drink out of some (not all) of those plastic bottles the water tastes like (BLEH) plastic. I agree with flashbulb, skip the plastic. If I can taste it, its in the water and I’d rather that plastic not be in me. There are a million and one things I have no control over in my foods, at least there’s a few I can chose to say no thanks to.
It all depends on how you see it. I see it as a nice bottle–well, back in the old days when they had those good pull-tops anyway–a nice bottle you could by for (then) 50¢–and they even filled it the first time for free!
bossyheifer over 13 years ago
Urban myth - no chemical leech out of the plastic, just something else to try to scare us off bottled water
gobblingup Premium Member over 13 years ago
I agree with tcayer. Why pay for something that’s worse quality than what you get for free? And “funny” that they’ve banned plastic with BPA for baby bottles and not regular drinking bottles. I’m sure that means they’re fine for kids and adults.
fishbulb239 over 13 years ago
Leeching or not, plastic water bottles are a waste of money, a waste of resources (packaging and shipping), and a waste of landfill space (since 86% of water bottles don’t get recycled). Buy a nice metal bottle & fill it from the tap!
Rista over 13 years ago
I dunno about the urban myth part, but when I drink out of some (not all) of those plastic bottles the water tastes like (BLEH) plastic. I agree with flashbulb, skip the plastic. If I can taste it, its in the water and I’d rather that plastic not be in me. There are a million and one things I have no control over in my foods, at least there’s a few I can chose to say no thanks to.
bmonk over 13 years ago
It all depends on how you see it. I see it as a nice bottle–well, back in the old days when they had those good pull-tops anyway–a nice bottle you could by for (then) 50¢–and they even filled it the first time for free!