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Re:PlasticList's Advice for Food Companies by UniverseHacker on Thursday January 02, 2025 @08:49PM (#42581307)
Honestly the water bottles are probably fine as they likely don’t leach much BPA unless something happens to break the polymer apart- like contact with a strong chemical solvent. Although BPA is an endocrine disruptor, it is likely that normal use of a polycarbonate water bottle is fine. They stopped selling them because people got afraid and stopped buying them. I still see no reason to use one given the uncertainty.

You can get really good HDPE, stainless steel, and glass water bottles with a silicon impact cover.

Re:PlasticList's Advice for Food Companies by dehrmann on Friday January 03, 2025 @01:12AM (#42583019)
There's an argument that polycarbonate is very well-studied and the BPA released is low, while some of the alternatives have unknown risks.