Do not re-use mineral water bottles!!!

[shaggy]

Do not re-use mineral water bottles!!!

Many are unaware of poisoning caused by re-using plastic bottles. Some of you may be in the habit of using and re-using your disposable mineral water bottles (e.g. Nestle, Bisleri, Aquafina, Kinley, Evian,etc...), keeping them in your car or at work. Not a good idea. It happened
in Dubai, when a 12 year old girl died after a long usage (16 months)of SAFA mineral water bottle, as she used to carry the same fancy (painted by herself) bottle to her school daily.
In a nutshell, the plastic (called polyethylene terephthalate or PET)used in these bottles contains a potentially carcinogenic element(something called diethylhydroxylamine or DEHA).The bottles are safe for one-time use only; if you must keep them longer, it should be or no more than a few days, week max, and keep them away from heat as well. Repeated
washing and rinsing can cause the plastic to break down and the carcinogens
(cancer-causing chemical agents) can leak into the water that YOU are drinking. Better to invest in water bottles that are really meant for multiple uses.
This is not something we should be scrimping on. Those of you with family - do please advise them, specially children. Please forward this information.

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[sld]

Macho... this is not true. This is another urban legend. When you get an email like this check it @ snopes.com or any other urban legend site. It'll keep from this BS from spreading.

[shaggy]

Macho... this is not true. This is another urban legend. When you get an email like this check it @ snopes.com or any other urban legend site. It'll keep from this BS from spreading.

Macho even this is not true we all know that re-using mineral water bottles 4 a long time is not good 4 helth. :eek: :eek: :eek:

[sld]

Macho even this is not true we all know that re-using mineral water bottles 4 a long time is not good 4 helth. :eek: :eek: :eek:

What is this based on...??? do tell me.
Against it I produce an article on the American Cancer Society web site....

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MED/content/MED_6_1x_Reusing_Plastic_Water_Bottles.asp?siteare a=MED

This email begins by saying “Many are unaware of poisoning caused by re-using plastic bottles,” and says “bottles are safe for one-time use only; if you must keep them longer, it should be or no more than a few days, a week max, and keep them away from heat as well.” The email says the bottles contain DEHA, which it calls a potential carcinogen.

Fact:
This email apparently relies on a student’s college thesis to make scary claims about water bottles. In fact, DEHA is not inherent in the plastic used to make these bottles, and even if it was the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says DEHA "cannot reasonably be anticipated to cause cancer, teratogenic effects, immunotoxicity, neurotoxicity, gene mutations, liver, kidney, reproductive, or developmental toxicity or other serious or irreversible chronic health effects." Meanwhile, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), says diethylhexyl adipate "is not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans."