>>>I agree. At home I don't drink bottle water. But when I go to the gym it is easier for me just to grab a bottle. Of course, one can say that you could wash and keep refilling the same bottle. But then, they won't be able to call me lazy :).
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>>Actually, that's not such a good idea. Apparently the plastic begins to break down into the water after about the 3rd reuse.
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>I don't think it waits that long... it's been exposed to air and water ever since it was blown, so whatever affects it on reuse was already affecting it from day one. Plastic is stupid, it doesn't know how many times you poured into it.
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>This looks like another scare tactic, with the extra twist that the plastic is allegedly harmless when fresh. Look up bisphenol phosphate.

Aren't you assuming that it doesn't react with water any more than it does with air?