Is the jury still out on...

Anonymous

...freezing plastic water bottles? I'm finally enjoying bottled water again after having an aversion to it throughout chemo. I find that the water comes to room temp too quickly though and I like it very cold. Does anyone know if it's still considered potentially harmful to freeze the pre-filled bottles? I know that exposing them to heat as in leaving them in a hot car) is a bad idea...

Rosemary44

The plastics industry says there's no problem, the FDA says a small amount of BPA won't hurt us. And I hope freezing won't leach BPA into water or foods, cause I still use plastics to freeze food items.

On the other hand, there is this Dr. who says the opposite then what the FDA says. He's testing it, but if he has something, he should come out and give us a thumbs up or down. How hard is it to test water in plastic bottles that's been frozen for BPA residue? Either it's in there or it's not. Supposedly they're still looking into this.

azzig49

We have a water distiller, and have been drinking and cooking with this type of water for YEARS! Tap water tastes like YUCK, and even "bottled" water doesn't taste as good as MY water. The machines ARE expensive, but then again, Mom bought it, so I don't know how much she spent.
However, I do not spend money on clothes, jewelry, eating out,cars, or expensive vacations (not yet anyway on the vacations). It is worth checking into. You can get your own high quality water containers to take with you. I don't do a lot of things "healthy", but this is one of the few that I subscribe to. Drink to your health. Zig

Anonymous

I'll continue freezing mine until I hear that it absolutely is a bad thing to do. However, I don't need to do it often. But I would if I needed to. In fact, I get so tired of worrying about every little thing. What's this world coming to?
Shirley

moonsong

So what about freezer bags, they're plastic?