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Posted by Bill S on April 21, 2008 at 6:28:19 pm EDT
In reply to REI Pulling Polycarbonate Bottles; U.S. Draft Report says BPA Might Present Risks posted by Trailspace on April 21, 2008 at 1:18:00 pm EDT

Aaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh! I guess this means I have to replace my hunnert thowsen Lexan bottles! Between Barb and me, we have everything from half-liter and liter "classic" wide mouth, various sizes of narrow mouth, funny shaped ones ("special shape for good grip"), and many with logos (mostly freebees). How will I ever get a replacement for all my LNT-logoed Lexans?

Over the years, many of the liter bottles have been used for the old "fill with boiling water and put in the foot of your sleeping bag" trick to have a nice toasty sleeping bag at -40 degrees. This, we are told, triggers the increased release of BPA, even when the bottle has cooled down (just how much BPA is still in there in the ones I "boiled" 5 or 10 years ago and used for 20 or 30 nights a year plus many more days with cold liquids?).

Luckily, they all have the little recycle arrow triangles. But at $10/bottle or so, it's going to cost a pretty penny. Oh, yeah, with oil at $118 today, any plastic is gonna cost mucho.

Wonder ... can the BPA-laden bottles be recycled into non-BPA bottles? Hope so. It would be a pity (and high environmental footprint) for the plastic to be basically unrecyclable into non-usable product.

Oh, by the way, according to the WSJ article, it turns out that dental adhesives contain BPA, as well. That means just the stuff to hold dentures in place, right? Not the various adhesives the dentist uses when taking impressions and holding temporary things in place, right?

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