MEC pulls lexan nalgene bottles from shelves

[L7]

The CBC is all over this and my dog listens to it daily. (So I listen when I get home). Sounds like they're trying to put pressure on Health Canada or Consumer Canada or whatever bureaucratic nightmare dept. to get on with the study and release results. Obviously a bunch of bureaucratic nits feel they need more time to jusitify their salaries.

Sounds like it's prompted by all the issues with China manufactured toys and such. Lead paint and all that shit. Basically they want confirmation of what exactly is in the things given information out of China isn't that reliable.

[Spats]

Bisphenol A mimics estrogen.

Studies have already shown that exposure to phthalates (another estrogen mimic) in utero causes male babies to have smaller penises, and causes significant decline in sperm count in grown men. Given the animal studies, there isn't much reason to expect Bisphenol A to be any different.

The problem is that no one knows exactly how much washing, and with what, causes how much leaching of Bisphenol A. In the meantime, I see no problem with being prudent -- especially when there are plenty of alternatives, like the original Nalgene HDPE bottles (which fell out of fashion because they're milky white, like a milk jug, instead of clear or fancy colors). I'm pretty sure your standard cycling squeeze bottle is also HDPE.

[ptavv]

Pretty much any flexible plastic bottle is HDPE (high density polyethelene FWIW).

Lexan is made from bisphenol-A and phosgene, and is rigid and inflexible (pretty much all polycarbonate polymers are inflexible due to the carbonyl bonds linking monomers, whereas polyethelene simply has carbon-carbon bonds).

[Brocktoon]

smaller penises

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[skimasterflex]

Unless there's some new study, it sounds like an overreaction. Info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol-A

Whoo! I was worried for a second there. Thanks to Wikipedia, the posessor of all knowledge in the universe, we are now safe.

"I mean, anyone anywhere can put anything on there, so you know you're getting the best information possible!" -Michael Scott, Manager of the Dunder Mifflin Scranton Branch.

[BentonMiller]

Huh, I didn't realize that Sigg made stainless steel bottles too. I'd only seen their aluminum bottles, which are plastic lined. My bad.

[Adolf Allerbush]

Huh, I didn't realize that Sigg made stainless steel bottles too. I'd only seen their aluminum bottles, which are plastic lined. My bad.

Looks like my bad. You know much more than I. It is indeed aluminum with a plastic lining. Word.

[tricameron]

ill keep the nalge' for now