Water Bottle Germs

[TheGardener]

I think that this really over done. We need to digest some good germs. We even need some bad ones to build up our immunity. My water bottle is double walled stainless steel with a plastic screw top. I rinse it out every day. Wash it with soap and hot water every 3 days or so. A greater risk is getting dehydrated by not drinking enough water.

I knew a co-worker who never cleaned out his coffee mug in the 3 years I knew him. It looked so disgusting. But his bigger problems were smoking butts and going out every day for a 'liquid' lunch.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...c-water-bottle-harbouring-germs-DOG-BOWL.html

• Tests found water bottles were harbouring dangerous germs like E.coli
• Some had more harmful bacteria than a dog bowl, toy or a toilet seat
• Slide-top types found to be the worst and those with a straw the best

 

[MongGrel]

https://forums.anandtech.com/thread...elebrity-you-look-like.2483143/#post-38420544

You two should hook up awhile.

 

[lxskllr]

I have water bottles older than my daughter, and I could count the times I've cleaned them on one hand. I haven't really gotten sick since I quit smoking.

 

[Carson Dyle]

I still use a couple of plastic water bottles I've had for more than 30 years. One of the best ones I have is an old one liter saline solution bottle that I think a friend doing his MD residency gave me circa 1980.

 

[TheGardener]

You two should hook up awhile.

I don't have anyone marked for ignore, but you are getting close.

 

[MongGrel]

I don't have anyone marked for ignore, but you are getting close.

Knock yourself out.

 

[IronWing]

I get refills on a super piggy gulp cup for three-four months before disposing. The normal reason is the cup gets squashed or the the lid breaks. Eventually, mold grows inside the straw so it's time to get a new one. One important factor is that I buy diet only. If one gets sugar/HFCS in the cup, it's a goner.

 

[Newbian]

I just toss mine in the dish washer after a few uses and it's good to go.

 

[Spacehead]

One of the guys i work with is always telling me i'm going to get cancer from reusing plastic water bottles. "There only made for 1 time use" he says. I doubt anything is leaching into the water from the plastic when it's getting refilled several time a day.

 

[MovingTarget]

I reuse them as well, but what I can't understand is why people do when they are in areas with readily accessible water fountains. I typically can't justify buying bottled water though.

 

[lxskllr]

One of the guys i work with is always telling me i'm going to get cancer from reusing plastic water bottles. "There only made for 1 time use" he says. I doubt anything is leaching into the water from the plastic when it's getting refilled several time a day.

I think it's better not to use plastic, but I still do. My main bottles are old Gatorade bottles. I have a few metal bottles I got from the thrift shop, but they're too small and delicate.

 

[MovingTarget]

I think it's better not to use plastic, but I still do. My main bottles are old Gatorade bottles. I have a few metal bottles I got from the thrift shop, but they're too small and delicate.

The only time I have heard of issues regarding plastics and water bottles surrounds the use of BPA plastics, which several countries have caution or banned in use of certain products.

 

[OverVolt]

I still use a couple of plastic water bottles I've had for more than 30 years. One of the best ones I have is an old one liter saline solution bottle that I think a friend doing his MD residency gave me circa 1980.

Thats great. I worked at a hospital once and they took away the water cooler so one of the pharmacists started drinking the 1L bottles of sterile water LMAO. They were 18 cents at the time. They eventually brought back the water cooler . Stuff that would never fly in 2016. It was great.

 

[TheGardener]

The thing about the water cooler is that someone needs to clean that out on a regular basis. If not, then that pure spring water runs through some very nasty stuff. You know when one person does this, everyone else just sits back and figures someone else will do it.

I remember one woman use to fill a plastic gallon cooler every night when leaving. Wouldn't have been an issue, except we had to pay a buck or two a month, as the company stopped paying for it during a budget cut back. We use to kid that she was taking the water home to fill her swimming pool.

I wonder if the BPA scare is any concern for plastic bottles, if you just use it for water. Isn't the big health issue about the effects of heating the plastic above a certain temperature?