Refilling a Water Bottle

[AMCRambler]

You're gonna get ass rabies. You better stop that.

 

[indamixx99]

OP needs to watch that comedy clip by George Carlin about bacteria - it's good for your immune system

 

[ahurtt]

Originally posted by: MrBond

Originally posted by: ahurtt

I wouldn't use bleach. Depending on the specific type of plastic the bottle is made of, bleach *MAY* act as a solvent and hasten the decomposition of the bottle. Plus I would imagine that drinking microscopic amounts of bleach is probably worse for you than drinking microscopic amounts of plastic or even benign bacteria. Just use dish soap and hot water.
Bleach is corrosive.

I just find it funny people will worry about reusing a plastic water bottle but they will probably drink a steamy hot Starbucks coffee from a paper cup that's covered in WAX. I wonder how long until the people who sell reusable coffee mugs latch onto that one and start that urban myth?

Bleach isn't a suitable solvent for most plastics, especially plastics that they use to make water bottles out of. Bleach may attack the surface and cause stress cracking, but it's not going to dissolve the plastic and allow it to go into the water.

As far as the wax used to line paper cups, it is food grade and safe to eat. If you buy apples and eat them without a significant scrubbing first, you're eating wax. There's even wax in some chocolate candy.

I know, but since we're being completely myopic and playing into urban myths in this thread anyway, I thought I'd just try to start a couple more of them. I mean, hey, they said plastic water bottles were safe too, but now we have this thread. . .

 

[Beattie]

Originally posted by: Auric
I fill my own plastic bottle with boiled and cooled water. If the quality is dodgy then a drop of bleach is a good thing too but municipal water is generally okay with just boiling.

What the christ?

You know you can drink municipal tap water without boiling it, right? And the bleach you say you put into it makes it harmful.