GLASS OVER PLASTIC

PLEASE ALWAYS USE GLASS WATER BOTTLES

Most people these days know to avoid plastic water bottles etc that contain "BPA" (bisphenol-A) as it disrupts the function of the endocrine system causing hormonal imbalances & possible infertility problems. However just when you thought you'd learned everything there was to learn about how to avoid BPA, new research shows that there's more hormone-disrupting bisphenols around you than you probably thought.

In answer to consumers' demands to drop BPA from products, many manufacturers have simply switched to using a different—but equally toxic and perhaps even more toxic—chemical called bisphenol-S (BPS).

BPS is actually not only within the same range of toxicity of BPA, but is slower to degrade, and therefore will be more likely to remain a persistent toxin and environmental pollutant.[1] It has already been found to be present in the urine of 81% of those tested from the United States and seven Asian countries.[2]

And no stainless steel isn't any better!
One study on stainless steel water bottles found that:
-Iron, chromium and nickel were all found to leach into both alkaline and acidic foods and beverages, while none of the metals leached into distilled water.
-Leaching of iron, chromium and nickel was observed from both new and old utensils.
-Leaching of iron occurred in all foods.
-Leaching of nickel occurred in curd, fruit juice and pickle (more acid)
-Leaching of chromium occurred in milk, coffee, and tea (only slightly acid)

Whether it's for your everyday water or while you're juice fasting or for storing food it's glass all the way!

[1] Erica Danzl, Kazunari Sei, Satoshi Soda, Michihiko Ike, Masanori Fujita. Biodegradation of bisphenol A, bisphenol F and bisphenol S in seawater. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2009 Apr ;6(4):1472-84. Epub 2009 Apr 17. PMID: 19440529

[2] Chunyang Liao, Fang Liu, Husam Alomirah, Vu Duc Loi, Mustafa Ali Mohd, Hyo-Bang Moon, Haruhiko Nakata, Kurunthachalam Kannan. Bisphenol S in Urine from the United States and Seven Asian Countries: Occurrence and Human Exposures. Environ Sci Technol. 2012 May 23. Epub 2012 May 23. PMID: 22620267