Do You Know About Safe Drinking Water Containers?
Don’t buy drinking water containers unless they are made of glass or carry a tag that says, “BPA free”. You may have realized that the taste is better when you use a glass drinking water container, but you know that for sports, glass is impractical. So, you buy plastic or polycarbonate drinking water containers and hopefully you fill them with filtered-water from your tap. But, if the label on your drinking water container does not say BPA free, then you are risking your future health. In the 1930s, when they began using BPA (Bisphenol-A) to make plastics, they were concerned that the substance might be hazardous. But, as with many hazardous chemicals, the benefits outweighed the risks, at least at the time. Now, technology has advanced to the point that there are safer alternatives, but change is always difficult. Many major companies, particularly in the United States, oppose the proposed ban of the chemical, so it is still common to see a drinking water container that is made with i
