[pct-l] Love your nalgene bottle, think again

[Will Hiltz]

I've heard that the toxin (at least in the case of nalgenes) will only leach
into your water if you leave the H2O in the bottle for an extended period of
time at somewhat high temperature (>100 F).  If this is true, most thru
hikers should be OK, as we usually drink water fast enough to prevent this
from happening.  At least, thats what I told myself last summer.  FWIW.


YITOOD,

Easy

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:06 AM, David Stewart <
davidalexanderstewart at gmail.com> wrote:

> that goes for gatorade bottles as well....in fact, an engineer friend of
> mine told me about how gatorade bottles are even worse than nalgene,
> because
> they are not meant to be re-filled....
>
> apparently, each time you re-fill, the water sucks even more toxins and
> poison out of the plastic.....and then you drink the toxin filled water.
>
> kinda gross. so yeah....glass bottles?
>
> sorry to be vague and foreboding, but my friend knows his stuff and I was
> trying to think of alternatives....?
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