Best water bottle and the water bottle are everywhere in United States of America. People purchase $25 billion plastic per year only in America that makes 80 million daily users of water bottles. You
Wide Spread use of Plastic Bottles:
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Health Hazards:
Plastic water bottles have been in use since, more than twenty years now. And for twenty years they have been spoiling our health. Many anonymous researches on the internet charge them for carcinogenic substances but we don’t like to quote them due to their no sufficient proves provided. Here are few reasons that make your plastic bottle unsafe for you and your environment;
The Material Use: Majority of plastic water and beverage bottles are made out of polyethylene terephthalate material generally called PET or PETE. Scientists and USFDA standards are unanimous at stating the PET material safe for water storing at room temperature. But this ideal temperature is not available all the time from filling to storing, transpiration and even after purchase. Many people leave their water bottles in the car. The whole story claiming the safety of plastic bottles changes as soon as temperature rises. Scientists agree that they water in the plastic bottle left all day long in hot car is dangerous to drink. Reason being the chemicals these bottles leach into water when the bottles are warm.
Chemical Leech from PET bottle: The higher temperature makes the plastic bottle to leach chemicals into the water. One of those chemicals includes antimony, whose higher concentration may cause vomiting, nausea and diarrhea. Another leeching chemical notorious to cause neurological and behavioral issues is Biphenol A, commonly termed as BPA. The chemical is researched to affect female reproductive system, brain cell damage and loss of immune system. There is all lot of fuss in the market for the BPA free water bottles due to the confirmed health hazard BPA is causing to human breed.
Bacterial Growth:
The plastic bottle provides medium for the growth of bacteria at a large scale. The foul smell you feel in refilled bottle is due to the bacterial growth in the bottle. These are the bacteria of your mouth that you deposit to the PET bottle as soon you drink from it. The refilling of the bottles gives a nursery for the growth of bacteria. Only thorough washing with hot water makes the bottles bacteria free and reuse able. Thus you may not be refilling the water bottle once you emptied it, before you rinse it thoroughly.
Environment Hazards:
The plastic bottles need specific treatments to make them usable again. Many waste management firms do not have these facilities, (or do not want to waste money on plastic bottle recycling due to higher upfront costs). The dumping of plastic bottles thus comes at the expense of environment hazard in the shape of non recycle able material used. Only 17% of the water bottles are treated for recycling purposes that makes 60 million plastic bottles thrown away on daily basis. The trash cans do not have recycling cans installed with them for recycling of plastic bottles. Very few states are operating waste management and recycling programs for plastic bottles. Half population of America does not have curbside pickup of recyclables. These scarcities of resources make the plastic water bottles a big peril for the environment.
Healthy Alternatives:
For all those health and environment hazards associated with plastic bottles, there are few healthy alternatives that should be perused at national level;
Glass Bottles:Glass bottles have always been safest to be used for storing food contents for longer period of time. The fragile nature of the glass bottle made its use shunned but that came at the expense of all the above health and environment hazards. The classic milk glass bottle is still safe for you to store and drink water and also it is recycle able and eco friendly.
Stainless Steel Water Bottle:The glass bottles do get confined to home due to less mobility it offers being heavy and fragile. When it comes to jogging in the park or going on the soccer game, stainless steel bottle is your healthy alternative to the plastic bottle. It offers no chemical seepage and is durable. The stainless steel water bottles are becoming fashion symbol in parks and also give message to people that you are health conscious and are aware of the perils of plastic bottles.
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