Nalgene pulling bisphenol-A polycarbonate bottles off market

[severine]

Here's one resource:
http://www.environmentcalifornia.org...nol-a-overview

What's interesting is that in this source, it states that women with PCOS have higher levels of BPA in their system. Becomes a question of the chicken or the egg, IMHO... did the BPA trigger PCOS? Did PCOS predispose to retaining higher levels? Interesting...

Also of note: Type II diabetes, obesity, low sperm count.... Once again, it's not that it's one of those "this will kill you" things, not the way I've read about it. It's more that it can cause (or accelerate?) health problems, which will diminish quality of life.

[Greg]

Originally Posted by mondeo

I'll continue to use mine. Sounds like another overreaction to me:

I get the feeling I'm 1000x more likely to die from skiing into a tree than from a BPA-induced condition from my Nalgene. And I don't do tree skiing. It seems to me like people are more and more concerned about every little thing that might possibly affect their health; it reminds me of the CT win for life ad, where all the win for life recipients are clad in armor in order to live longer. What's the point? You're going to die sometime, of something. No, I'm not going to go around rolling a ball of lead in my hand or drinking mercury. But at the same time, I'm not going to worry about a chemical that possibly exists in trace amounts, and could possibly leach into my water, of which laboratory administered quantities showed some impact on lab rats.

Everything I do involves some risk. This is one I'm not particularly worried about.

+1

I will continue to drink copious amounts of alcohol hoping to dilute and flush all this stuff out of my system...

[MichaelJ]

Boston Globe Article

Doesn't really say anything we don't already know, of course.

[Paul]

Originally Posted by Greg

+1

I will continue to drink copious amounts of alcohol hoping to dilute and flush all this stuff out of my system...

I find your theory interesting and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

[MichaelJ]

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Repo Man! Love the avatar, Paul.

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[Paul]

Originally Posted by MichaelJ

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Repo Man! Love the avatar, Paul.

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Thanks. Find one in every car, you'll see...

[wa-loaf]

BPA free:

[drjeff]

Originally Posted by wa-loaf

BPA free:

For the longest time growing up I used to thing that bota bags were actually mini-bag pipes Then again I am 1/4 scotch (the blood kind, not the liquid kind {most days atleast} )