Water bottles and toxins question
07-16-05, 03:42 PM
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Water bottles and toxins question
I carry two water bottles along on my rides. In order to keep the water cooler for a longer time, I fill each about half way full and freeze them.
We've got a note posted at work over our microwave, from some doctor out east, saying not to put plastic wrap over things you nuke because the plastic releases toxins into the food. Also on the note it says not to freeze water in plastic bottles for the same reason.
Does anyone know anything about this? BTW, these are ordinary water bottles that come with the holders for them that you would put on your bike.
We've got a note posted at work over our microwave, from some doctor out east, saying not to put plastic wrap over things you nuke because the plastic releases toxins into the food. Also on the note it says not to freeze water in plastic bottles for the same reason.
Does anyone know anything about this? BTW, these are ordinary water bottles that come with the holders for them that you would put on your bike.
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07-16-05, 04:24 PM
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I don't know about you, but I generally don't follow scare stories from "some doctor out east" without doing some simple research on my own:
https://www.snopes.com/toxins/plastic.htm
Read it and freeze it.
https://www.snopes.com/toxins/plastic.htm
Read it and freeze it.
07-16-05, 04:34 PM
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Yes, he is right about the wrap, but the bottle freezing sounds a bit far-fetched.
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There was an internet rumor a while back about the dangers of freezing plastic, supposedly attributed to Johns Hopkins University, and the university put out a statement to say that it was rubbish. https://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnew...n_dioxins.html
The issue even made it to various internet pages about urban legends. Take a look at https://www.snopes.com/toxins/plastic.htm or https://urbanlegends.about.com/librar...tic_dioxin.htm.
Gotta go now. Want to put my water bottles in the freezer in time for tomorrow's ride.
The issue even made it to various internet pages about urban legends. Take a look at https://www.snopes.com/toxins/plastic.htm or https://urbanlegends.about.com/librar...tic_dioxin.htm.
Gotta go now. Want to put my water bottles in the freezer in time for tomorrow's ride.
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Thanks everyone. I've looked at Snopes for things before, but I never thought to look there about this. 
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I have been freezing my Polar Water bottles with water/gatorade/and other concoctions forever. They have not had any negative effect on me yet (that I am aware of anyways).
Please don't let the grocers know that they have to throw out the frozen OJ, plastic bagged ravioli's, vegetables, hot dogs, frozen shrimp, .... Oh NO - not the shrimp. It's all frozen in pastic bags and some things are thawed and eaten - without washing away the plastic toxin remnants first. And some stuff gets microwaved while covered in plastic, all according to directions - but.....
I don't know really - I just laugh because every day something is bad for you and there is always a story to contradict the first opinion and ...blah blah blah.
Note: I have not researched the dangers of frozen anything - this is strictly my opinion.
Please don't let the grocers know that they have to throw out the frozen OJ, plastic bagged ravioli's, vegetables, hot dogs, frozen shrimp, .... Oh NO - not the shrimp. It's all frozen in pastic bags and some things are thawed and eaten - without washing away the plastic toxin remnants first. And some stuff gets microwaved while covered in plastic, all according to directions - but.....
I don't know really - I just laugh because every day something is bad for you and there is always a story to contradict the first opinion and ...blah blah blah.
Note: I have not researched the dangers of frozen anything - this is strictly my opinion.
