what kind of plastic water bottles are considered the safest?
The news about plastics has been pretty alarming lately, causing some of us to go dashing for the water bottles to see what kind of plastic they are–and find out if we’ve been unwittingly poisoning our children and ourselves with chemicals leaching into the water from them. SIMPLE SOLUTION: If you’ve been concerned, here is a handy chart that identifies the good, bad, and ok plastics and where they are found. Find out here: 1 Polyethylene terephthalate (PET or PETE) Used to make soft drink, water, sports drink, ketchup, and salad dressing bottles, and peanut butter, pickle, jelly and jam jars. GOOD: Not known to leach any chemicals that are suspected of causing cancer or disrupting hormones. 2 High density polyethylene (HDPE) Milk, water, and juice bottles, yogurt and margarine tubs, cereal box liners, and grocery, trash, and retail bags. GOOD: Not known to leach any chemicals that are suspected of causing cancer or disrupting hormones. 3 Polyvinyl chloride (V or PVC) Most cling-wrapp
