Your plastic water bottles

sparks · **Posted:** Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:39 pm

An interesting post from the La Manzanilla board. Problem is he also says - #7 is the only bottle used in Mexico and maybe the US

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I recall sometime in the past there was a discussion on the quality of bottled water from the (2) companies that supply La Manzanilla with 20 litre plastic bottles. It might be a good idea to check on the bottom of your plastic bottle and see if in the small triangle there's a #7. This type of bottle is now prohibited in Canada and Wal-Mart plans to have all bottles of this type off the shelf by mid 2009.
A year of usage of water in this type of bottle is seriously harmful to your health. In Mexico best thing to do is dump all the water into your ceramic water container or use a #2 water container (the flexible plastic like a milk container). This is a known carcinogen! Here's the link for more information:
http://www.freedrinkingwater.com/water_ ... les101.htm

vetteforron · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:04 am

I just checked mine, I have 7 bottles which we use. All are number 7. I guess I will try to trade them for glass.

sparks · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:18 pm

Response from other board
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If concerned, this may help. ...follow the links.

The Issue

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial chemical used to make a hard, clear plastic known as polycarbonate. Polycarbonate is used in a limited number of household containers, including baby bottles, sippy cups, re-useable water bottles (sports bottles), pitchers, water carboys, tableware and food storage containers.

The SPI code is a three-sided triangular arrow with a number one (1) through seven (7) in the centre and letters underneath. Each number identifies the plastic from which the bottle or container is made. The SPI coding system is voluntary; not all plastic products carry a code.

Plastics identified by codes 1 through 6 do not use BPA in their manufacturing process.

Code (7) is used to identify ‘Other Plastics’. Polycarbonate is a code seven (7) plastic; however, the majority of code seven (7) plastics are not polycarbonate.

To determine if a baby bottle is made of polycarbonate, look for the SPI code on the bottom. If you see a code seven (7), the bottle may be polycarbonate. Keep in mind, however, that code seven (7) is also used for other plastics. To be absolutely certain, check to see if the plastic is identified by its name or acronym (PC for polycarbonate) somewhere on the product or package, or contact the manufacturer.

Studies show that the amount of BPA released into the contents of baby bottles is very low when the fluid is at room/serving temperature. The release of bisphenol A into the fluid increases when very hot/boiling fluid is added to polycarbonate bottles.

http://www.chemicalsubstanceschimiques. ... _fs_e.html

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