Garnet, I received a reply from my neighbor. He says the source he found did not mention doixin specifically, but does mention phthalate. This is the article: http://www.emagazine?1125.com/view/ Sorry if that created any confusion, I do tend to believe Greenpeace, or at least, listen to them and be conservative. I don't think I want to drink phthalate either. Sally
Garnet <garnetri...@earthlink.net> wrote: It would be nice to know the quantity of dioxin that is in bottled water -- although any amount is not good, if it is orders of magnitude less than general exposures then perhaps our concerns are better directed to eliminating the larger exposures first. Prioritize. It does concern me for my distiller set up though since it is very hot water. Would your neighbor happen to have information as to amounts or could he share his source of info so I can follow up? Thanks! Garnet On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 10:04, Sally Khanna wrote: > That is what my neighbor thought. He kept saying that PET was the > most stable plastic there was, but after checking it out, he won't use > it at all now. It's hard to avoid this plastic - it's used for so > many things, but I think the most important is water. I carry glass > bottles of water now. > > Sally > > Garnet wrote: > I was unaware of this. I was under the impression that only > soft > plastics outgassed their solvent. The thermoset plastics > supposedly do > not out gas anything. > > If this is true I would not use PET pastic. > > Garnet > > On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 22:36, Sally Khanna wrote: > > Ever since Greenpeace told me that they release dioxin under > light or > > heat conditions, I'm afraid to use them (Pet plastic) too > much. My > > neighbor, who is a scientist checked it out and said it was > true. > > anyone have any comment? > > > > Sally > > > > Garnet wrote: > > I use PET bottles to collect the distilled water I make > > because it fits > > the set up. For my CS I do use half gallon glass canning > jars. > > I keep > > the box they come in and store my CS in the boxes in the > > pantry. That> way I always have it on hand for a high need > situation and I > > can also > > share if someone I know gets sick. They cost $1.59 per jar > at > > my local > > Ace Hardware, with six I get a box that stacks well and does > > not take up > > shelf space since I can put them on the pantry floor. I > doubt > > that PET > > bottles are any cheaper, but they are lighter and have > > handles. > > > > Garnet > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
