| What springs to mind if we are looking for something | | | | again. Presumably meaning plastic ones with this |
| to use as drinking water containers? Plastic Pop or | | | | contaminant in its makeup. |
| Water Bottles? And if so are these the best choice? | | | | (Shotyk, W., Krachler, M., and Chen, B. (2006) |
| They are definitely practical as regards there weight | | | | Contamination of Canadian and European bottled |
| to volume ratio. Where as a glass bottle can weigh | | | | waters with antimony leaching from PET containers. |
| more and stainless steel be some where between | | | | Journal of Environmental Monitoring 8:288-292.) |
| the two. | | | | Here we are again with that seemingly perplexing |
| Something worth our consideration is the fact that | | | | situation of who to believe, so a good question to |
| there have been a few health concerns raised in | | | | ask ourselves is: Were we ever meant to ingest |
| connection with plastic bottles being used for storing | | | | toxins such as Antimony as part of our liquid or food |
| water. Why have some tried to draw these to our | | | | intake? |
| attention? | | | | The answer is a little too obvious to be asked to |
| Some plastic containers can cause contamination | | | | answer it out loud. |
| because toxic chemicals are able to leach into any | | | | What might cause us to think we have no choice but |
| water or food contained in them. One example given | | | | to carry on using plastic bottles as a drinking water |
| was the Antimony levels found in Polyethelene | | | | container? Is it because we are under the |
| Terephthalate (PET) bottles. | | | | misconception that there is not a healthier and very |
| Antimony is a human carcinogen which in itself should | | | | practical alternative available to us? |
| heighten the caution levels. Besides being able to | | | | Most health conscious individuals would agree that |
| make people feel depressed, if taken in larger doses | | | | water that has all contaminants removed while |
| it can cause severe vomiting. | | | | preserving essential minerals has got to be good for |
| Some Bottled Water Associations claim that it is only | | | | us. This can be achieved with a quality water filter. |
| found at trace levels so it does not pose risks to | | | | Combine this with also being able to bottle it |
| human consumers. | | | | ourselves with a choice of custom made glass |
| When we contrast that statement with the findings | | | | drinking water containers, at a fraction of the cost of |
| in the journal referenced below we might not be of | | | | the mainstream bottled waters, then we may be |
| the same mind especially when one of the | | | | more inclined to go the way of the researcher |
| researchers vowed never to drink bottled water | | | | mentioned earlier. |