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    #21

    Jun 17, 2009, 07:41 AM

    Niko my wife says the same thing about the metal water bottle.
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    #22

    Jun 17, 2009, 08:00 AM

    I think dark glass bottles are the best. They now say that the plastic leeches into the drinks. Aluminum is bad too so if you use metal bottles they should be stainless steel
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    #23

    Jun 17, 2009, 08:06 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by N0help4u View Post
    They now say that the plastic leeches into the drinks.
    Debunked urban legend.
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    #24

    Jun 17, 2009, 08:12 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    Debunked urban legend.
    It is true for microwaved plastic and also true for soda (especially coca cola) but not water.
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    #25

    Jun 17, 2009, 08:45 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    Debunked urban legend.
    Then why was it a brand new study on the news here just two months ago?
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    #26

    Jun 17, 2009, 08:47 AM
    Link me up.
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    #27

    Jun 17, 2009, 08:47 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    Alcohol is poison too!!!!!!!!!.
    That justifies the arsenic and 100's of other poisons put in cigarettes too.
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    #28

    Jun 17, 2009, 08:50 AM

    Hello a:

    I do think we're kind of nuts... We used to make jokes about it... But, the other day I bought water, rocks (kitty litter), air (compressed for the computer), and dirt (for the garden).

    Believe me, when they can get you to buy water, rocks, air and dirt, it's all over.

    excon
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    #29

    Jun 17, 2009, 08:51 AM

    I will look for the actual news story
    But here is what webmd says
    It is a few stories down

    Integrative Medicine and Wellness: March 2007
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    #30

    Jun 17, 2009, 08:52 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by N0help4u View Post
    That justifies the arsenic and 100's of other poisons put in cigarettes too.
    No way, the stuff they put in cigarettes is nasty but we don't really know the extent of it because they don't disclose it. My point was that a lot of substance are poison when taken in amounts that no reasonable person would take: caffeine, alcohol, fluoride, cinnamon, etc.
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    #31

    Jun 17, 2009, 08:52 AM

    Good point EX!
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    #32

    Jun 17, 2009, 08:54 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by N0help4u View Post
    I will look for the actual news story
    but here is what webmd says
    it is a few stories down

    Integrative Medicine and Wellness: March 2007
    This story? Integrative Medicine and Wellness: Everyday Toxins
    It doesn't really say much about to leaching toxins from plastic bottles does it.
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    #33

    Jun 17, 2009, 09:04 AM

    I don't have time to look for any news articles right now but that article does say the single plastic bottles aren't a good choice.
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    #34

    Jun 17, 2009, 09:05 AM

    I hear plastic does leech if the bottle is left in the car, especially on a hot day when small amounts of plastic can leech into the water. :rolleyes:
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    #35

    Jun 17, 2009, 09:08 AM
    Here is some interesting reading:

    snopes.com: Microwaving Plastic Releases Cancer-Causing Agents

    snopes.com: Reuse of Plastic Bottles
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    #36

    Jun 17, 2009, 10:01 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by excon View Post
    Hello a:

    I do think we're kinda nuts... We used to make jokes about it... But, the other day I bought water, rocks (kitty litter), air (compressed for the computer), and dirt (for the garden).

    Believe me, when they can get you to buy water, rocks, air and dirt, it's all over.

    excon
    Haha, Love it Exy, and very good point!
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    #37

    Jun 17, 2009, 10:23 AM

    Yeah I knew about microwaves and reusing plastic. I have been telling people these things for years.

    And I do not believe everything that Snopes says
    I have read too many inaccuracies. They are biased just as any other site.
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    #38

    Jun 17, 2009, 10:29 AM
    They offer their sources, which is more than most "news" stories and email chain letters you get.
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    Jun 17, 2009, 04:12 PM
    Well, getting back to the poison, almost everything we consume, in it's extreme can kill, or at least damage us. Too much floride is a bad thing, too much bacon is too. An asprin is poison, take two and cure a headache, take a whole bottle and wind up in the hospital. Even sunlight causes cancer if you get too much of it, yet no sunlight at all can be harmful too.

    Common sense should prevail here, while the health effects of tap water may vary tap to tap, I feel that the water that comes out of my tap will not shave any years off my life.

    Now if you have lead pipes, or live in a location with bad water, than that would be a different story. Such as, if your town water supply was just contaminated by a oil truck overturning upstream from your resevior, than that's call to drink bottled water.
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    Jun 17, 2009, 04:21 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by andrewc24301 View Post
    Well, getting back to the poison, almost everything we consume, in it's extreme can kill, or at least damage us. To much floride is a bad thing, to much bacon is too. An asprin is poison, take two and cure a headache, take a whole bottle and wind up in the hospital. Even sunlight causes cancer if you get to much of it, yet no sunlight at all can be harmful too.

    Common sence should prevail here, while the health effects of tap water may vary tap to tap, I feel that the water that comes out of my tap will not shave any years off my life.

    Now if you have lead pipes, or live in a location with bad water, than that would be a different story. Such as, if your town water supply was just contaminated by a oil truck overturning upstream from your resevior, than that's call to drink bottled water.
    Too much water will kill you

    Yea agreed everything in too much quantity will kill you, everything you do nowadays seems to do you harm in one way or another

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