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:Shouldn't it stand to reason that if a plastic container is safe enough to drink the original contents out of after it has been sitting on the store shelf for who knows how many months then it should also be equally safe if you are drinking water or whatever that you ''just'' put in it? The leach levels of various volatile organic compounds from plastic containers is so absurdly low that it is absolutely not worth worrying about with ''possibly'' one exception. The exception may (and I heavily stress ''may'') be the use of lexan/polycarbonate bottles such as in Nalgene bottles which leach out tiny amounts of [[bisphenol a]] an estrogen analogue. But then these containers were DESIGNED for reuse(!!) and at the levels found from such bottles even after numerous studies in several different countries there have been no restrictions or regulations on use for such products. Seriously, imnsho, worry about driving safely/wearing a seatbelt and not becoming one of the one million people who die every year in road traffic accidents, not the 5 parts per billion levels of ''possibly'' harmful chemicals from your plastic containers.--[[User:Deglr6328|Deglr6328]] 09:17, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
::I usually drink the refill within 12 hours or so. From all the responses so far, I think I`m pretty safe. I`m not going to worry about it. Thank you all. Dave[[User:172.163.70.157|172.163.70.157]] 10:29, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
:: Not necessarily. The plastic definitely ages; I left a bottle of water in my car for approximately five months, because I completely forgot about it, then one day, when I was really thirsty, I opened it... and let's say that "it tasted like plastic" was a severe understatement of the situation. While the water may accelerate the solution of the plastic, exposure to sunlight also has a damaging effect on the containers; but of more importance is that the taste will become intolerable, and that's why 18 truckloads of unused water bottles were thrown into a sewer following [[Hurricane Katrina]].<sup class="plainlinks">[
Bit worried about peoples suggestion to use bleach - if it's hypochlorite bleach then that can react with organic chemicals - chlorinating them - plastics aren't stable to bleach like glass is.[[User:83.100.253.51|83.100.253.51]] 14:48, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
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