beware,water in plastic bottles have high count of plastic

[moparjohnny]

experts are testing and they are concerned that the process that all brand name water companies are using with plastic caps and the bottles are leaving a high count of plastic particules in our bottled water,these are the big named brands we all drink. fyi

 

[Cncguy1]

I guess you have to pick your poison. Do you want plastic particles or do you want Lead, Mercury, and fluoride.

 

[rlem1977]

experts are testing and they are concerned that the process that all brand name water companies are using with plastic caps and the bottles are leaving a high count of plastic particules in our bottled water,these are the big named brands we all drink. fyi

Combined with the expense of the product, it's better to bring a cooler/water jug and fill it with your own tap water. Bring your own container/cup. You know, the old fashioned way, before the 1980's.

 

[BeeKool]

Not me.
I drink good 'ol fashioned well water. Tastes great.
I always thought plastic water tasted like... plastic. Now I know why.
Just wondering if soda bottled in plastic has the same problem

 

[dla4567]

Did you forget why beer was invented?

 

[biomedtechguy]

Did you forget why beer was invented?

Because fish in water??

 

[JB400]

Doesn't surprise me. All we have to do is look at all the plastic that's in the ocean. It's breaking down and poisoning our fish that we eat. Shouldn't have taken so long to come to the conclusion that it's poisoning us as well.

 

[dla4567]

That’s a good enough reason for me.

 

[Darter6]

Gotta die of something,,,

 

[Qbrozen]

Plastic is even in the air. I don't know about you, but I'm not wearing an air filter all my life.

 

[69a100]

I guess you have to pick your poison. Do you want plastic particles or do you want Lead, Mercury, and fluoride.

You get that crap in bottled water, so what's the difference?

Because fish in water??

That, and as W.C. Field's also said. And little kids swim in it! That's why he never drank water.

 

[rlem1977]

The human body is an amazing creation. It can adapt to changing climates and environments. One day, we will evolve to be plastic shells that make that crinkley sound when we walk or sit.

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

I thought plastic did not "break down"

 

[PurpleBeeper]

experts are testing and they are concerned that the process that all brand name water companies are using with plastic caps and the bottles are leaving a high count of plastic particules in our bottled water,these are the big named brands we all drink. fyi

Wow... a big topic.
1. I'm SURE there are some tiny pieces of plastic that get into the bottled water, but it will pass right through you & unless it's particularly big & sharp it won't hurt you. Never thought about that....wow.
2. Plastic does break down, but it takes hundreds of years.
3. Only recently found out that the biggest problem with plastic in the water is that it gets ground up into very tiny pieces in water...sort of like how rocks eventually grind down into sand.....and these tiny, tiny pieces of plastic are causing problems with fish/shellfish/etc.
4. We depend on plastic for A LOT....I mean, most cars these days are probably 30%-40% plastic, cell phones, 2-liter bottles, house siding, fences, tables, chairs.....TONS of stuff.
5. The GOOD news is that plastic lasts a long time. The BAD news is that plastic lasts a long time. For me personally, I think we NEED plastic, but maybe not the best thing to use for disposable stuff like bottled water, sandwich bags, fast food cups, etc. that only get used once.

 

[Budnicks]

Because fish in water??

I haven't heard that on in a while

 

[Cranky]

Rarely drink bottled water. How bout aluminum cans? Why does beer bottled in glass taste much better than the stuff in cans?? Also, fish strike at plastic pieces thinking it's something to eat and that in itself is a major problem. Yup, we have to die of something and I'd rather die from beer than plastic

 

[Budnicks]

The newest "latest scare", I'm sure some "financial" agenda behind it
all these studies are skewed ,follow the $$$/funding from who publishes these studies
in a long, long line of them for 50+ years now

Hell breathing the air will kill you, eating hot dogs, alcohol is bad for the heart
seems everything will kill you, drinking the water in many places too,
most anything in moderation isn't all that bad {to an extent}
well except cobalt arsenic, in the drinking water like western Nevada

if you believe all the recent Climate Scam/BS
we will all be under water anyway so don't sweat it,
the sky is falling, the water is rising, oh no

the plastics pollution is a bad deal,
Globalists "foreign countries" shitholes using the oceans as a dumping ground
that part IMO is the biggest issues

I'm certainly no eco-Nazi activists, or a zealot either
but I'm not a polluter either, I actually try & I'm good at recycling

 

[Speedbird]

 

[flypaper]

they taste great and are less filling!

 

[ws23jrt]

I thought plastic did not "break down"

There are many formulas that are called "plastic". The ones that are designed to break down faster, of course, will leach their components faster into what they may be containing.

The title of this thread is to "beware" ---Beware that what you bought is indeed what it is called? ---And what does "high count" mean?

What would be the ideal container to carry high purity water? (if it would be practical to produce)--Platinium?--

In the nonsterile environment, we live in -one would need to pick and choose the proper place to open and close any container to avoid "contamination" that is in the air we breathe. And if we don't properly sterilize our mouths before taking a drink the entire container will immediately become unsellable for human consumption unless it passes a gauntlet to properly clean it.