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Dehydration is more of a risk to you than the environmental risks you marginally save on others. Still I applaud the effort since the economists view is too res
by wjnc 4y ago
Dehydration is more of a risk to you than the environmental risks you marginally save on others. Still I applaud the effort since the economists view is too restricted.
Get a stainless steel container and hydrate for a lifetime.
- SoftTalker 4y agoStainless steel containers are often lined with plastic, since people don't like the metallic taste that the steel imparts.
- Reason077 4y agoIn general there is nothing wrong with long-life plastic products. Plastic is a really useful and important material when used appropriately! It's the insane amount waste and environmental pollution that single-use plastic generates that is the problem.
- jraby3 4y agoExactly. What I always tell vendors when I get a strange look after refusing their plastic bag is that we use it for 5 minutes but it stays in the environment for 1000 years.
- bluGill 4y agoThey make plastics that biodegrade in a few years. Supposedly even in a landfill they degrade (I've seen this debated, I'm not qualified to figure out who is right). However they are more expensive and so rarely used except when someone wants to make a point about being green.
- citrin_ru 4y agoNothing wrong unless it is used to store food or water and contains some BPA-like compound (AFAIK it includes most plastic produces nowadays even so called BPA-free).
- guelo 4y agoThe BPA replacements are probably just as toxic as BPA but it will take 20 years of science to prove it conclusively enough to get them banned.
- dublin 4y ago^^^^THIS!^^^^ There is early evidence that most BPA and pthlalate replacements may be considerably worse for you than the things they are replacing. (At least, worse in the sense that they are possibly more dangerous as endocrine disruptors and hormone mimics, and also possibly harder to remove from the body...) Best choice is to insist on glass packaging wherever you can. It's inert and infinitely recyclable.
- wjnc 4y agoDo you know if that metallic taste is considered (in-)healthy? I have no clue and actually like that taste and must admit that in the steel for everything department I’m following the trends as well (steel for cooking - no PFAS; steel for drink containers - no plastics).
- Eisenstein 4y agoStainless steel has nickel and chromium in it which can leach out, but I don't think incredibly tiny amounts have been shown to be bad.
- lapsis_beeftech 4y agoIt's harmless. The sensation is electrolytic in origin rather than caused by taste receptor activation; it's like when you put a 9 V battery to your tongue except much less potential and therefore weaker feeling.
- roflyear 4y agoReusable plastic is fine....
- jraby3 4y agoThe risks of dehydration are way overstated imo. And I live in a warm weather country. Whole being thirsty isn’t optimal the actual risk of something serious happening is negligible. Especially since I monitor my urine color and other signs. It’s more convenience and the habit of convenience we’re all so used to these days.
- sammalloy 4y ago> The risks of dehydration are way overstated imo I’m not so sure about that. Some people are more susceptible to it than others. There’s also some weird trait that makes some people drink less water than others. Both my father and myself seem to share this trait. We have to force ourselves to drink water. For whatever reason, I could go an entire day without drinking water. Not sure why it is, but it causes problems. I was on vacation with my father and he collapsed in literally the middle of nowhere because of dehydration. It was pretty scary and he almost didn’t survive.
- overtonwhy 4y agoWhat about the benefits of high levels of hydration?
- Eisenstein 4y agoWhat are the benefits of high levels of hydration?
- wjnc 4y ago