save the bottle and fill it with brita water for whenever you go out or to the gym or whatever, and use it till you feel you've gotten your money's worth out of it or until it springs a leak or gets skanky. you paid for the bottle, you might as well get some use out of it.

save the bottle and fill it with brita water for whenever you go out or to the gym or whatever, and use it till you feel you've gotten your money's worth out of it or until it springs a leak or gets skanky. you paid for the bottle, you might as well get some use out of it.

i love skanky water

Anx said:

Anx said:

thats what i do. in the summer i buy cases and me and the kids refill the bottles and put them in the freezer for the next day when we go on our little trips to the park or museuems or downtown when it gets really hot.

brownsugar said:

y'all need to stop doing that!

there's a lot of evidence that chemicals leak from the bottles and bacteria still thrives even after washing. just buy one of those fancy water bottles from starbucks, those are made for reuse.

Anx said:

thats what i do. in the summer i buy cases and me and the kids refill the bottles and put them in the freezer for the next day when we go on our little trips to the park or museuems or downtown when it gets really hot.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

come here baby, i got a nice big glass of something i squeezed out of my gym sock...and it's just for you.

brownsugar said:

yup...i try not to collect them because then i feel like a crazy old packrat person, but i keep one or two empties in the fridge and just fill 'em up with filtered water before i go to the gym. i save lotsa money that way, and i give my brita pitcher a workout.

Anx said:

what the...

Anx said:

STOP IT!!!

spicy!

thank me later.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

sinisterpentatonic said:

sometimes i use them to pee into when i don't want to get out of bed.

is that what you wanted to hear?????

sinisterpentatonic said:

ok

brownsugar said:

wow! that was easy!

Anx said:

no. i wanted to hear that you purchased a water bottle specifically for reuse, that's what i wanted to hear.

sinisterpentatonic said:

not really, i'm still gonna do it, but is nice you fell for it!

sinisterpentatonic said:

what a LUDICROUS idea.

sinisterpentatonic said:

what a LUDICROUS idea.

"The fact is, a lot of these compounds have not really been studied in terms of their human health effects," said Margrit von Braun, a University of Idaho professor. Single-use soft-drink and water bottles are commonly made of a plastic called polyethylene terephthalate (PET) which, while considered safe for its intended use, was found to break down over time. "The longer you used it, the more stuff ended up in the water," said von Braun.

One of the toxins that frequently appeared in water samples from the reused bottles was DEHA, a carcinogen regulated in drinking water because it has been found to cause weight loss, liver problems, or possible reproductive difficulties. It is also suspected that DEHA can cause cancer in humans.

Von Braun said she was surprised to discover how widespread the reuse was - and how long some people would hold on to a single bottle. "A lot of people use them for weeks, and sometimes months, literally until it's leaking," said von Braun. One survey of the campus found someone who had been reusing the same bottle for six months.

The Canadian Bottled Water Association advises against reusing the containers altogether. It says the containers are made for single use and should be recycled afterward, not reused. People would be unable to properly sterilize the bottles at home, and the industry doesn't evaluate the safety of the bottles for multiple uses, said Elizabeth Griswold, executive director of the Canadian Bottled Water Association. "I would assume a study done on reuse would be redundant, because that's not their purpose," she said. But while it is for different reasons, Griswold agrees with researchers that it isn't a good idea to use the same bottle repeatedly. "All I would be able to say is that it's not something we recommend."

Anx said:

and YES, to a certain orger, LUDICROUS WAS A WORD BEFORE IT WAS A RAPPER!!!!