Do You Still Use Plastic Containers for Your Drinking Water?

After having heard from a handful of sources that using of plastic bottles to store drinking water in is not healthy, even dangerous. You might want to google about dioxin.


Info from Wikipedia:

Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs), or simply dioxins, are a group of
halogenated organic compounds which are significant because they act as
environmental pollutants. They are commonly referred to as dioxins for
simplicity in scientific publications because every PCDD molecule contains a
dioxin skeletal structure. Typically, the p-dioxin skeleton is at the core of a
PCDD molecule, giving the molecule a dibenzo-p-dioxin ring system. Members of
the PCDD family have been shown to bioaccumulate in humans and wildlife due to
their lipophilic properties, and are known teratogens, mutagens, and suspected
human carcinogens.

Dioxins occur as by-products in the manufacture of
organochlorides, in the incineration of chlorine-containing substances such as
PVC (polyvinyl chloride), in the bleaching of paper, and from natural sources
such as volcanoes and forest fires.[1] There have been many incidents of dioxin
pollution resulting from industrial emissions and accidents; the earliest such
incidents were in the mid 18th century during the Industrial Revolution.[2]
The word "dioxins" may also refer to a similar but unrelated compound, the
polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) of like environmental importance.

I am sure you have also received emails about the danger of water in plastic that it kind of activates Dioxins. Truth be told, one does not really need to take a look at all these facts to know that water stored from plastic containers are not good for you. The smell of the water inside the plastic should already tell you something is wrong.

We have been using used honey bottles for our drinking water - similar to those of brandy bottles that are sold in the market. No funny taste and no danger of dioxin. :-)