we...@yahoo.com wrote: > Apparently yes. > Several websites have reported that pete imparts a slightly sweet > fruity taste to water which is less objectionable than hdpe. > Something leaches.
It sounds like the person reporting this has recycled a PETE bottle that once contained a sweet fruity beverage. Even if thoroughly rinsed with water such a reused container will impart a slight flavor of the original beverage to water which is subsequently stored in the bottle. A virgin PETE bottle imparts no such flavor to water stored in it. It also adds no measurable ionic content to pure DI water (0.1 uS/cm conductivity) which is stored for many months. Any substance that would be given off by the plastic would tend to increase the conductivity measurement of the pure water. I tend to place more trust in scientific measurements rather than fruity reports. frank key -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
