Water Bottles and Minimizing Microplastics
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Anonymous
| My teen doesn’t go anywhere without their water bottle. I’d love to find a stainless steel water bottle with a chug cap that is not plastic. Any suggestions? |
Anonymous
| Just give up. Seriously. Plastics are all around and in everything |
Anonymous
SUCH a weird attitude. Imagine if people had felt this way about lead in pipes. It's fine to feel overwhelmed by the problem and be unsure of how you personally can solve it—and it's realistic to acknowledge that you can't solve it, that there are microplastics coming from a lot of different sources... but I don't understand why, when you do have a choice, and it's pretty easy to make, to find an option that doesn't have microplastics, you wouldn't take it. To the OP, my understanding is that the issue over water bottles is not microplastics, but BPA. BPA-free bottles tend to be more brittle and break more, but there are options, like Nalgene, which have lower levels (under the legal limit) of BPA and are sturdy. Also, BPA is released when the plastic is exposed to heat or stress, so depending on the care and handling of the bottle, even a plastic bottle with BPA could be safe. I think ordering a sturdy, well-insulated bottle from a maker that there is information about the makeup of their product (like Nalgene or Camelbak) and that you take care of (handwash) is probably the best option. |
Anonymous
Stop acting like it’s so hard to take an extra 5 min before buying things. |
Anonymous
It's not like the OP is asking anyone to do research, just name brands. JFC |
Anonymous
| I focus on whether the interior of the bottle is stainless steel as well as any other components (like straw) touching the bottle. I don’t worry as much about the spout that briefly touches the mouth. Moreso about what’s stewing in the water all day. And get BPA free of course. |
Anonymous
| Also you might be able to find something with a silicone piece that covers the cap. |
Anonymous
| Found one on Amazon for DS. Stainless steel with a silicone drinking straw/spout. Has a plastic cover but not a big deal. |
Anonymous
Silicon isn’t any better than plastic |
Anonymous
Ok, but it won’t make a difference. Plastic is in chewing gum, your teens’ Starbucks/boba cups, any takeaway food you get, just about all grocery store items, deli, meat packaging have some element of plastic. Restaurants and any where you are buying prepared foods, even high end, all use plastic bulk containers for packaging and use various plastics for cutting boards and food storage. So yeah, worrying about the plastic top to a metal water bottle is dumb and pointless. |
Anonymous
| How did this even start, where kids and teens need to have water or whatever drink available instantly and constantly? |
Anonymous
| Plastics attack |
Anonymous
| Plenty of water bottles that are stainless steel - those that one unscrews and drinks from. but if you want to have the chug part, not sure what it will be made of. They are made of plastic, or silicone. It won’t be made of metal. |
Anonymous
Unless it’s a reputable name brand, I would not trust anything on Amazon to be what it is advertised. There is zero quality control and how do you know it’s actually silicone and not a ohlalate filled plastic made in a Chinese factory? I don’t worry so much about the hard plastic spouts because the water only touches it momentarily, it doesn’t get hot, there’s no abraising, and it’s hard plastic so I think no phthalates. I worry a lot more about the water coming out of the tap. And the fact that at most fast food and fast casual restaurants, the foot is coming out of big plastic bags that it’s been sitting in for god knows how long for transit and storage. There is so so much plastic in our food production and storage methods that you don’t even see. The spput on the water bottle is probably not worth worrying about. The only ones I’ve seen that are all metal are the old school canteens that had metal spouts and twist caps. |
Anonymous
Do you have any science t9 share or just assumptions? |