Ok, picture this for a moment. You acquire a good water filtration unit because you have heard about the terrible contaminants in drinking water. You then proceed to store your clean drinking water into a plastic drinking water container.
Well, you have potentially began the process of undoing the good work that your water filter has done. Glass is the most ideal container to store clean, drinking water unlike plastic bottles which can adversely affect your water.
What Is Wrong With Plastic.
Plastic is cheap and convenient but that is about it. In the production of plastic, BPA or Bisphenol A and other harmful contaminants is used. Over time, as you water is stored in a plastic bottle, BPA is leached into your water especially when exposed to higher temperatures.
Many experts have expressed serious concerns about this. Breast cancer, fertility, thyroid and neurological problems have all been linked to BPA getting into your body.
Not all experts agree on the adverse health effects of BPA though. They contend that only minute amounts of it is released in the water and hence, it is safe to use. But is this a chance you really want to take especially when there are better alternatives.
A study claimed that there are potentially 2100 cancer causing that can contaminate our tap water. And even though those contaminants are in trace amounts, many studies have linked them to serious diseases, as we drink tap water over time. Therefore, the fact that BPA is in trace amounts is particularly comforting.
If you must use plastic drinking water containers, use the ones that are BPA free. You can know BPA free plastic bottles by looking at the bottom of the container and seeing if the the the digit "7" placed in the middle of a triangle. If you don't see "7" but some other digit placed in the middle of the triangle, then it is not BPA free.
Why Glass
Glass is a lot more chemically stable that plastic and won't leach chemicals into your tap water when exposed to heat.
There is also something more aesthetically pleasing about storing water in a glass drinking water container than in a plastic bottle. Seeing a glass of pure drinking water, will encourage you and your children to drink more water, hopefully at the expense of unhealthy sugar-laden sodas.
Glass is also more friendly to our environment. When you think of the millions of plastic bottles that are disposed of daily and the negative impact it has on our environment, you realize that we each have a part to play in making our planet pollution-free.
Using glass to store drinking water is one way you could play a part in making the planet cleaner.
Another great option for storing water is to buy food grade stainless steal bottles, similar to the ones used by campers and hikers. These also won't leach any contaminants in your drinking water and are very durable.
Conclusion.
Getting a water filtration system is a great start to your quest for optimum health and safety. But please also place importance on what you are using for a drinking water container.
Not only could this impact on the quality of your drinking water but on your environment as well.
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