Freezing water bottles

[Guest guest]

I've heard the same thing, though it is far less

dangerous than heating a bottle up in the sun in a closed car, as even

more toxins can be released with heat than with cold.

If you use #1 plastic, I think the dangers are far lessened. Just as

good as #1 is #7. #2 is inferior to both of these and shouldn't be

used in either extreme cold or extreme heat conditions.

I always use glass to transfer or store water for any length of time.

Hugs,

Doc

 

 

 

Robin wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Doc,

I read somewhere that you shouldn't freeze your water

bottles because this releases dioxins from the plastic. Do you know

anything about this? I've always frozen my water bottles.

~Robin

[Guest guest]

Thanks Meredith.

Wellllllllllll damn!  I stand corrected, but I appreciate it. 

Did some more searching myself, and verified your data as being correct.

Sooooooooo, OK.  Let's just stick with #1 as best and #2 in a pinch as

long as it's not stored too long in the #2.

Hugs,

Doc

 

 

boone wrote:

Hi!

 

 

I typed in google "Plastics to avoid" (

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari & rls=en & q=plastics+to+avoid & ie=UTF-8 & oe=UTF-8

) and came up with several hits...here are a couple of examples...

 

 

#7

other (usually polycarbonate) - many drinking cups are made of this,

baby bottles, big water jugs (and we thought we were doing a good

thing having that full water jug ready for drinking anytime, right?) -

these leach as they age and mostly into fatty foods. I think it's

probably ok for grains but better to get rid of all of these.  There

is a link between bisphenol-A and phthalates and early onset of

puberty.  Puberty and Plastics, Dec 2003, Mothering Magazine  Some

Tupperware products are made of this but very few.  This is the

plastic that looks like glass; it's very stiff and doesn't have a

"plastic" look to it.

 

 

http://www.deliciousorganics.com/Controversies/plastic.htm

 

 

• Avoid plastics that leach questionable

chemicals: #3 (PVC), #6 (PS),

#7 (often polycarbonate).

 

 

http://www.checnet.org/healtheHouse/education/articles-detail.asp?Main_ID=24

 

 

 

Hope this helps some...

 

 

~Meredith

 

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On 22 sie, 2007, at 23:28, Dr. Ian Shillington wrote:

 

 

Where did you read that #7 is a bad one???

 

Doc

 

 

 

boones wrote:

 

 

good as #1 is #7. #2 is inferior to both of these

and shouldn't be used

 

in either extreme cold or extreme heat conditions.

 

I always use glass to transfer or store water for any length of time.

 

 

 

Dr. Shillington, I agree about the glass. But which plastic is as

good as #1? Do you mean #2? I have read that #7 is a pretty bad one.

 

 

Thanks for clarifying.

 

 

~meredith

 

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