Chris on the Hike Alberta blog has been researching the dangers of Nalgene bottles leaching bisphenol.
Goodbye to my Nalgene Bottles | Hike Alberta
Click through if you want to see the details.
It’s the first I’ve heard of this hazard. I normally carry one Nalgene, one soft drink bottle.
UPDATE: Turns out Sarah on the Freezer Bag Cooking blog has already debunked this myth.
Leave a comment if you are throwing away your Nalgene bottle. But first read the other comments.
3 responses so far ↓
Steve Sergeant // Dec 2, 2007 at 12:57 am
There are several different plastics used in water bottles. Not all products by Nalgene, just to name one manufacturer, are made with Polycarbonate/LEXAN. In fact, they make a lot of bottles out of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), a much less pernicious substance.
Marsha // Dec 2, 2007 at 8:02 am
Try a Swellz TapSack instead - the exterior is leather and the interior is medical grade latex. The eco-friendly TapSack will be your new hiking partner - it can be carried close to the body and will collapse as the water is consumed - a refreshing idea rather than the extra bulk of a plastic, poly carbonate or metal bottle! Check out our mission at http://www.swellz.com. It has become a welcome addition to our lifestyle.
Be Swellz,
Marsha Nedorostek
Sarah // Dec 2, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Due to the fact that I use a lot of plastic in backpacking I did some real researching and came up with this blog of mine:
http://www.freezerbagcooking.com/myblog.htm?blogentryid=1310588
I have a lot of links to plastic studies on it including this one on Lexan:
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/petbottles.asp
For myself I am not worried, I don’t use a lot of plastic at home, and honestly I feel that there is a small grain of truth and a whole lot of hot air in the anti-Lexan “studies” out there.
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