Comments on: Time to throw away your Nalgene bottles https://allclimbing.com/time-to-throw-away-your-nalgene-bottles/ Everything climbing and the outdoors. Sun, 26 May 2019 00:08:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Joseph Crow https://allclimbing.com/time-to-throw-away-your-nalgene-bottles/#comment-493 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 03:54:12 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=380#comment-493 I was given a 1,000ml #7 PC Nalgene bottle from my Outward Bound sponser prior to a 3-week expedition. I had it for about a week before heading off, and before the markings rubbed off the blue plastic, I remember it saying BPA-free. On my expedition, the bottle did lie in some steamy and sunny conditions while rafting(inside an opaque rubber bag, difused sunlight inside), and I did use it as a heater (that old hot water trick for warm toes) one night where we were lost in a cloud and on snowy conditions our first week on Mt Jefferson.

I’m no plastics expert, but I wonder if the Polycarbonate molecules could exist without the atoms and molecules that create BPA when given a catalist. I would like to think that the statement that there isn’t enough BPA in everything we trace into our bodies to cause adverse health issues is true, but I know we live with more pollutants to simply blame it all on something like this. Now, I’m just wondering if the BPA-free marking on the Nalgene was true…

]]> By: Top Posts on All Climbing for 2008 - All Climbing https://allclimbing.com/time-to-throw-away-your-nalgene-bottles/#comment-492 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:32:04 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=380#comment-492 […] Time to throw away your Nalgene bottles […]

]]> By: Ryan https://allclimbing.com/time-to-throw-away-your-nalgene-bottles/#comment-491 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:48:38 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=380#comment-491 Thanks for the info it seems interesting.

]]> By: Tony C https://allclimbing.com/time-to-throw-away-your-nalgene-bottles/#comment-490 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:58:23 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=380#comment-490 For the outdoorsy folks, check out the titan water bottle – it’s made with bpa free tritan material and is great for outdoors activities cause it has a built in carabiner and can be used with only one hand. The inventor lives in Bozeman, MT (near me) and I guess he made it for biking, hiking, climbing, and backpacking though my wife might order one for our stroller 🙂

More info at http://www.titanwaterbottle.com

]]> By: Lily https://allclimbing.com/time-to-throw-away-your-nalgene-bottles/#comment-489 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:43:45 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=380#comment-489 Check out information on the bpa free water bottle for climbing called the Tritan water bottle.

http://hubpages.com/hub/climbinggear

]]> By: Billy https://allclimbing.com/time-to-throw-away-your-nalgene-bottles/#comment-488 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:05:35 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=380#comment-488 It’s best to educate ourselves! More reading on Bisphenol A (BPA) in water bottles, baby bottles, can liners, etc.

http://hubpages.com/hub/Bisphenol-A-in-Plastic-Bottles-Play-It-Safe-with-Alternatives

http://www.squidoo.com/bisphenol-A

]]> By: Ben https://allclimbing.com/time-to-throw-away-your-nalgene-bottles/#comment-487 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:13:45 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=380#comment-487 As others have said, the Recycling Symbol number 7 does not mean “contains BPA” it means “Other” plastic – as in either a combination of the plastics used in 1-6 or another plastic not listed under numbers 1-6.

The panic about BPA has led to the unfortunate “All #7 plastics are bad” assessment, which simply isn’t accurate. Avoid BPA by all means – and do it by acquiring new bottles that are labeled as “BPA Free” by their manufacturers.

Plastics by their very nature are… plastic – molecularly a lot more changeable than other materials. We’ll likely be figuring out all kinds of interesting leaching over the next 50 years as we understand plastics better. Don’t expect BPA to be the last problem. You should be using glass or ceramic (yep both breakable) if you want something truly stable and nonreactive.

]]> By: Unlucky Number 7 « TheWheat Field https://allclimbing.com/time-to-throw-away-your-nalgene-bottles/#comment-486 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:58:13 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=380#comment-486 […] Time to throw away your Nalgene bottles Polycarbonate contains a chemical called bisphenol A (BPA) which has been linked to numerous health problems including breast and prostate cancer, brain damage, endocrine system disruptions, higher levels of testosterone in men and women, recurrent miscarriages, and chromosomal defects in fetuses.…..HOW DO I KNOW IF MY BOTTLE HAS BISPHENOL A IN IT?Look on the bottom of the bottle for a number surrounded by three arrows. Polycarbonate bottles are categorized as number seven. Note that seven is the catchall â??otherâ? category for plasticsâ??all polycarbonates are seven, not all sevens are polycarbonates. […]

]]> By: Gear Review: the humangear capCAP - All Climbing https://allclimbing.com/time-to-throw-away-your-nalgene-bottles/#comment-485 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:56:17 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=380#comment-485 […] the recent Nalgene and BPA bottle scare, I decided to start replacing my collection of water bottles. To be honest, I hadn’t […]

]]> By: Tom Markiewicz https://allclimbing.com/time-to-throw-away-your-nalgene-bottles/#comment-484 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:04:46 +0000 http://www.allclimbing.com/?p=380#comment-484 @Sara no, I’ve never tried them, sounds good though!

@Ben, unfortunately, I’ve thrown most of my bottles in the dishwasher at one time. So I may have the heat issue with all of them. If you build that raft, send me a picture 😉

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