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Throw out your nalgene bottles

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danedegruyter
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I dont have a link or anything becuase im lazy but i just saw on the news that the plastic they used to make nalgene bottles is unsafe.  When its heated up, like when you put it in the dishwasher it becomes able to leak poisonous chemicals into w/e it is your drinking.  I just threw mine out, i aint goin dieeeee
Jul 23 2006 9:38PM 0 0
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Capt.Flannel
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Sigg bottles are where it's at. Lost mine last week kayaking though, damn bottle and it's unbouyancy.
Jul 23 2006 9:41PM 0 0
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Sharpy
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i use my nalgene for everything, breathing the air from the city is probably just as bad for me as using the same nalgene for like 5 years.  How much poison can be in one bottle?  Go heckle some smokers you hippy.
Jul 23 2006 9:42PM 0 0
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danedegruyter
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err their saying enough to cause brain damage but w.e im just giving a heads up.  its your life
Jul 23 2006 9:44PM 0 0
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Capt.Flannel
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if it was enough to cause brain damage, I highly doubt they'd still be in business/still be able to sell them.
Jul 23 2006 9:46PM 0 0
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Sharpy
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so why are nalgenes still on the market then?
Jul 23 2006 9:46PM 0 0
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Ghst
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I didn't use mine for awhile and it smelt bad so I chucked it... no name water bottles all the way
Jul 23 2006 9:48PM 0 0
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timmi
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what is a nalgene bottle?
Jul 23 2006 9:50PM 0 0
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Capt.Flannel
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Jul 23 2006 9:51PM 0 0
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timmi
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ahh. i didnt realize they had a name. i just figured they were a bottle.
but its all those hard plastic bottles? ah im gunna die.
Jul 23 2006 9:53PM 0 0
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danedegruyter
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becuas they just realized this now.. and whatever you said before.. The idea of my water bottle being made out of something poisonous doesnt really float my boat.. but, hey if thats what your into go nuts
Jul 23 2006 9:54PM 0 0
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Dilla
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i dont run mine through the dishwasher, or put it in the freezer. because i already knew about this shit.
Jul 23 2006 9:55PM 0 0
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highSPEEDchase
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im not certain, but I think that most plastics are like that. no big deal though there is always a new study that ***something ordinary*** will cause cancer/brain damage/heart disease.....whateverim tired of hearing how I am going to die becuase I use a cell phone..
Jul 23 2006 9:57PM 0 0
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sKILOve07
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im in love with my nalgene bottle.
I could never throw it out.
Jul 23 2006 10:01PM 0 0
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SkiMN
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Dude poisons like that are all around you in this plastic world. PVC is everywhere but dont light that shit on fire. They come up with 20 different new substances a day that can cause cancer. Nalgene bottles are made of plastics not too different from what a lot of other things are made of. If you want to throw out everything plastic that can be a poison, it would probably be quicker to just light the house on fire.
Jul 23 2006 10:02PM 0 0
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N.Skinner
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its true and im not about to throw mine out
Jul 23 2006 10:05PM 0 0
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Apple
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you know justin... that explains alot...
Jul 23 2006 10:05PM 0 0
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Kazabazua
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nalgene bottles are the shit they dont break... we tried... my friend dragged it outside a car while going 60 kmph we threw mine against walls and still nothing the top of its pretty mangled though
Jul 23 2006 10:09PM 0 0
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Capt.Flannel
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I've broken two. Both of them cracked all around the mouth, they were both dropped on their tops from about waist level. Weird eh?
Jul 23 2006 10:10PM 0 0
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Forum*
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I've had my nalgene bottle for quite a while, I'm not ready to part with it yet.
Jul 23 2006 10:11PM 0 0
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r.w
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Its all about these bottles!
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Jul 23 2006 10:11PM 0 0
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N.Skinner
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^those look like fuel canisters
Jul 23 2006 10:14PM 0 0
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nichole
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so fucking nice!!
Jul 23 2006 10:32PM 0 0
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leckett1
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fuck that shit
Jul 23 2006 10:34PM 0 0
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Redstar
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I heard that if you put waterbottles in your freezer, that is also dangerous/hazardous to your health as well
Jul 23 2006 10:47PM 0 0
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skiierman
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Hmmm... so that must be why they are so indestructable.
Jul 23 2006 10:53PM 0 0
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Potatoes
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yeah it's a pretty good tradeoff i guess, strong but you DIEEE
Jul 23 2006 11:03PM 0 0
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ATLskier
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nalgene bottles are pretty much indestructable. One day before cross country practice, some of my friends and i were broed so we took this kids nalgene and tried to break it on our concrete stadium steps at our school. No matter how hard we threw it at the corners of the steps right below us, or 100 feet down, it wouldn't break. It would bounce so high too. Yeah, then I found $20.
Jul 23 2006 11:12PM 0 0
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danedegruyter
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your icon is sick.. so red

Jul 23 2006 11:17PM 0 0
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BurgRider
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pussy
Jul 23 2006 11:19PM 0 0
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fappy
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had this one for years, highly poisonous but for some reason i cant throw it away

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Jul 23 2006 11:31PM 0 0
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nichole
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fuck ya!!
Jul 23 2006 11:35PM 0 0
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samskisalot
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first of all, the safest material that bottles are made out of is glass. but very few bottles are made of glass. then aluminum (sigg) bottles and lexan plasic(nalgene) are the next safest type of bottle. there is very little risk of chemicals leeching out of those two materials. however, the material used in pop bottles, and bottled water bottles is far more dangerous than the above two. these types of bottles should only be used a maximum of 3 times.
Jul 23 2006 11:40PM 0 0
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Liam.
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thats why whenever u dont have a piece with you
try not to use plastic to make a homeade bowl or something
Jul 23 2006 11:45PM 0 0
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skogenjake
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i heard it causes fetal problems...

seriously.
Jul 23 2006 11:47PM 0 0
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Benzoate
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that is a bunch of bs
Jul 24 2006 12:03AM 0 0
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canadianskier
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well i've got a dope sticker job on mine so im not about to throw it out any time soon
Jul 24 2006 12:04AM 0 0
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SiverMike
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dude fuck your signature. its gay. change it, now.
Jul 24 2006 12:06AM 0 0
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skiSU
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i have like 10 i cant live without them what would i drink out of?
Jul 24 2006 12:10AM 0 0
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libtec
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you got it all wrong, the lexan ones are fine, its the light weight HDPE white ones that are fucked, especially when you put hot liquids in them. lexan is money, plus who the hell washes their nalgene anyways? you gotta have the funk
Jul 24 2006 12:27AM 0 0
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Itsbackfliptime
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Well during my 15 minutes of research on the subject I've come to the conclusion that there is little to no danger from Nalgene Bottles. The bottles leach Bisphenol A which disrupts the endocrine system. The only real talk of a health risk I found was in fetus development during certain windows of development. So little is released that until recently it was undectable.

Jul 24 2006 12:29AM 0 0
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zsimko88
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so um are we all gonna ramble on about this or can someone actually post a link to this info
Jul 24 2006 12:32AM 0 0
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skiSU
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insted of trowing them away, send them to me
Jul 24 2006 12:36AM 0 0
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nitsua
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word
Jul 24 2006 12:49AM 0 0
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Scratch*my*Back
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well i heard on the news that breathing in oxygen is deadly. let's all hold our breath and panick.
Jul 24 2006 1:03AM 0 0
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Holte
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dammit. I've been baking stuff in mine in the oven for years. Guess i'm pretty dead.
Jul 24 2006 2:42AM 0 0
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wang_bong
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yeah and in large quantities, that shit'll fuck you up.
Jul 24 2006 2:46AM 0 0
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wang_bong
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oh and in related news and new killer substance has been found: DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE!!!!!!

The dangers of dihydrogen monoxide include:

* Also called "hydroxyl acid", the substance is a major component of acid rain;
* Contributes to soil erosion;
* Contributes to the greenhouse effect;
* Accelerates corrosion and breakdown of electrical equipment;
* Excessive ingestion may cause various unpleasant effects;
* Prolonged contact with its solid form results in severe tissue damage;
* Inhalation, even in small quantities, may cause death;
* Its gaseous form may cause severe burns;
* It has been found in the tumors of terminal cancer patients;
* Withdrawal by those addicted to the substance causes certain death within 168 hours;

Nevertheless, governments and corporations continue using it widely, heedless of its grave dangers.


dihydrogen monoxide is h2o or water
Jul 24 2006 2:48AM 0 0
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mothaeast
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Or how about not putting hot liquids in them, or not filling it with anything besides water? Water bottles, especially Nalgenes, are a bitch and a half to clean out when they have a bunch of sugar and shit in them from fruit drinks. But other than that, yeah, thats kind of scary.
Jul 24 2006 3:20AM 0 0
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Concord
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ill chance it im just gangsta like that i play with death..lol
Jul 24 2006 4:57AM 0 0
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Jwenz
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Yeah I really dont put my nalgene in the dishwasher..i just wash it by hand...and put water in it...so i mean why throw it away
Jul 24 2006 8:09AM 0 0
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