Oh No, But I Love My Nalgene!

I love my two standard Nalgene 32 oz bottles, one in traditional gray and one in Steelers' black and yellow (pictured). I've takend them to the tops of numerous mountains and also keep them in the fridge for daily drinking. The think I like best about consumer bottled water is that it is cold. Keeping a Nalgene in the fridge accomplishes the same thing, but is nicer on the environment. But could it also be making me fat or reach puberty early? Yes according to some recent studies.

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The summary is that most really hard and clear plastics contain a chemical called Bisphenol A that might possibly have some hormonal impacts on humans. The data are still really new, but sales of productd made from these plastics, baby and hiking bottles, are already tanking.

 

So what am I going to do? Nalgene is introducing a new line made with a plastic without BPA called Tritan copolyester. The line should be available any day. I plan to buy one smoke colored and one yellow bottle and pretend the whole thing never happened. I fear change.

I love my two standard Nalgene 32 oz bottles, one in traditional gray and one in Steelers' black and yellow (pictured). I've takend them to the tops of numerous mountains and also keep them in the fridge for daily drinking. The think I like best about consumer bottled water is that it is cold. Keeping a Nalgene in the fridge accomplishes the same thing, but is nicer on the environment. But could it also be making me fat or reach puberty early? Yes according to some recent studies.

Check out these articles:

The summary is that most really hard and clear plastics contain a chemical called Bisphenol A that might possibly have some hormonal impacts on humans. The data are still really new, but sales of productd made from these plastics, baby and hiking bottles, are already tanking.

 

So what am I going to do? Nalgene is introducing a new line made with a plastic without BPA called Tritan copolyester. The line should be available any day. I plan to buy one smoke colored and one yellow bottle and pretend the whole thing never happened. I fear change.