Aluminum bottle manufacturer admits bottles leach BPA
Gaiam admits that bottles previously labeled "BPA-free" leach BPA at nearly 20 times SIGG’s levels.
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I was very surprised when i heard that SIGGs water bottles had BPA in them. My dad started using those water bottles years ago and always loved them. Im happy they have a new liner in them that doesn't contain BPA. But if you want a sure proof way for no BPA, go with Klean Canteen - its stainless steel, no BPA. Great article:)
- Becca:)
A very recent stdy showed that lab mice given enough BPA to bring their tissue levels up to the loads commonly found in the general human population developed insulin resistance. In light of how many people are currently exhibiting signs of disturbances in their insulin pathways, I have to wonder how much of this epidemic is due to the effect of BPA, as well as the chronic overloads of dietary carbs. ???
Unfortunately, I can't find sardines that aren't in a can.
Pisgah Works, Asheville, NC offers a double-walled, vacuum sealed, stainless steel bottle. Keeps hot or cold for hours. I'm a student on the go and was really impressed how well it works. I now have 2. They have a facebook special you can contact about thru fb. They fit in bottle cage on bike and so far, all cupholders in autos I've tried.
I just bought a 2 pack of Gaiam water bottles... aluminum kind.... now I dont want to use them and Target wont let me return them. All bad. I dont know what to use anymore!!!!Enter your comments here
what about stainless steel
Tupperware has had BPA free children's items and more for over 60 years -- our water bottles are some of our #1 sellers, come in 2 different sizes AND have a secret compartment to hold things like keys when you are at the gym... You can see them yourself at www.buycooltw.com
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gourds are an excellent water carrier, and have been used for thousands of years by cultures all across the world. they don't shatter like glass and are biodegradable. better than recyclable!
you can get them online or grow them yourself.
I work for a drug rehab and I like to carry a reusable water bottle as well. Every time I find one that I like something weird like this happens. It seems there's always a catch somewhere along the way.
I normally use a large glass when I'm on campus or in the office. No BPAs there! (And it doesn't make my water taste like plastic or metal.)
Yeah, I realize that BPA is only leached at high temperatures, and that's a problem for me because I usually drink hot water in the winter.
I know, because I am one. We were exposed to all kinds of unregulated chemicals and contaminants and we survived - of course 1 in 3 of us is dealing with some kind of cancer and other diseases that did not exists before we polluted everything...and, of course, we have added to all that pollution pretty significantly in the last 50 years...so maybe a little extra caution and prevention will spare future generations from all the medical maladies we suffer from... you wouldn't put chlorine in your.... More
great article i know that when i head to work at narconon i will now be using stainless steel instead.
Did I say 12 parts per million? I meant 12 parts per Trillion. If the rivers and streams are good enough for fish, they're good enough for me. Bear Grylls says you should drink your pee.
I hate the way the BPA tastes, so nasty. Anything over 12 parts per million and I can't drink, no thank you. I'd rather drink from a creek or stream while I'm hiking than use one of these bottles.
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But, doesn't aluminum cookware leach oxides that give you Alzheimers?
The CamelBak Better Bottle, Klean Kanteen and the CamelBak Podium all have good reviews and are BPA free.
Clean Canteen for the win! I own 4 or 5 of them, don't trust anything but 100% stainless.
I can't make, grow, or produce anything or in any way provide for myself. I am totally reliant on others to make the products and food that I consume. I read somewhere that there are these molecule thingies in the stuff they make for me AND I DEMAND THAT THEY TAKE THEM OUT WHATEVER THEY ARE!!!!
Thanks so much for your comments everyone. To address the comment about hot liquids, it's important to remember that these bottles occasionally wind up in dishwashers or in hot cars where they reach pretty high temps. This can cause the lining to break down and leach BPA.
Plus, you can boil water in it in the microwave for complete sterilization and disinfection (but careful, it'll be really hot when you take it out!). I just reuse my Voss water bottles and they've been lasting me more than a year!
If i wash the bottle in hot water do i have to wait until it cools to fill it with drinking water?
I always went with stainless steel to avoid issues....
Jim http://www.TextMatch.me -- Love on the go.
Is it seriously so unreasonable to want to have the ability to clean your water bottle in the dishwasher once in a while? Why do these products have to be constructed in a way that makes this inadvisable?
I hate to point out the obvious, but BPA is only leeched into your water at very hot temperatures, i.e. 176 degrees. While it's certainly a concern and you should be aware of what you're buying, anyone carrying around an extremely hot liquid like that in a stainless steel Sigg bottle is only asking for trouble. If you use it for cold water, even the most unsafe BPA plastic bottle from China will not leech.
Yes, but many ppl [like me] leave their water bottles in places like the car and we all know it gets searing hot inside the car esp. during the summer. Bottom line, WE do not like BPA.
If these bottles are used to store drinking water at room temperature, there is no BPA. If you're worried about BPA, cut out all canned goods, since they are by necessity processed at high temperatures to sterilize the contents. Just because it's possible to cause the linings to leach BPA under extreme conditions, doesn't mean that the bottle is unsafe, anymore than you should stop eating apples due to the minuscule amount of cyanide contained in the seeds, just because it's possible to get the.... More
If you read the actual lab reports on the Sigg bottles, it's only their older-style lined aluminum bottles (pre-2008) that leach any amout of BPA... and it's less than 2ppb, not even enough to meet the minimum threshold for purposes of the tests they ran. you'll easily be exposed to 2ppb BPA from any number of other sources you can't avoid, so why be paranoid about the water bottle? Sure, aluminum is a big step forward from plastics. Take it. But if you're really concerned about exposure to.... More
We all know that it's the older Sigg bottles. We've been following the stories. The outrage is more from their manipulation in marketing their bottles, implying they were BPA-free, then lying for over a year once they "discovered" the BPA.
As for danger levels, new reports are saying that there are dangers from exposure far below what the Sigg levels are. And, as science advances tomorrow's science will likely show that the levels at which Sigg bottles...and therefore Gaiam, too, leach.... More
OMG those bottles are SO cool. I have one on my bike and one in meh car!
RT
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Use a glass bottle! There is a wide variety out there & you know that is safe. The oldest remedy is best. :)
Glass is ideal but not for hiking or any activity where you could drop it.
Thanks for helping spread the word about this! For more information your readers can check out our breaking story on the Gaiam admission here: http://www.zrecommends.com/detail/gaiam-admits-aluminum-bottles-leach-bp...
WTF!? I have been routinely heating my water bottle at 194 degrees for three days straight then drinking the water and I thought I was safe from BPA.
My friend died from drinking water out of his bottle that he heated to 194 degrees for three days which he indeed thought to be BPA free.
It's really unfortunate that trusted companies would make claims that are false. What happened? Did their manufacturer lie to them? Did they just not do enough research?
I have used a Klean Canteen for years, and was not aware that Sigg bottles were lined with BPA-releasing resins. I only found this out recently, of course, right after buying my baby girl a cute one. I guess stainless steel is the only way to go at this time. I have been a fan of Gaiam, but this really questions thier credibility. If you are going to make claims, please do the research!
I asked Gaiam via twitter when the whole Sigg thing started about their lining...who made it, what it was made of, if it was BPA-free. When they told me that their bottles were lined with epoxy resin I told them that's exactly what Sigg used, and have been proven to have BPA. I also remember Sigg saying that even when their bottles leach, the leach less than any other bottle, so I knew Gaiam must leach...and leach more. Gaiam claimed not to know that and the Gaiam tweeter spouted stuff about.... More
Gaiam the world’s leading supplier of yoga inspired products, also continues to manufacture “PVC” yoga mats representing MILLIONS of “PVC” mat sales over the last decade including PVC yoga mats to kids (YogaKids Mats) …… Fashionably green? No, much worse……. ethically compromised and corrupt. Gaiam consciously strategically unapologetically sells PVC yoga mats because of the substantial profits it derives from the aggregate sales of mats. Consumers should be very suspicious of.... More
Gaiam added the information to their site after we reported that they were likely to contain BPA (in the post linked to in Jenn's post above).
We have been working on this story for over a month, insisting that they admit that their bottles contain BPA and being told they had nothing to say yet. We discovered the new product information on their site last night and posted about it this morning, prompting Jenn's article today.
It certainly did appear to be written on the wall.... More
I've always said that aluminum MUST BE lined, and prior to 2008, that lining was virtually always BPA containing epoxy resin, except for Eden Foods non-tomato products. Gotta use stainless for re-usable.
