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I know a lot of people have switched from bottled water to aluminum bottles with tap water for drinking, but it looks like that may not always be a safe option either.

More 'Safe' Water Bottles that are Actually Dangerous
October 31 2009

Not long ago, SIGG announced that their aluminum water bottles, which many people purchased to avoid the BPA found in plastic bottles, actually contained BPA. Now it has come out that Gaiam's aluminum water bottles -- the ones that were previously labeled "BPA-free" -- actually leach BPA at 20 times the levels that SIGG bottles did.

After being called out on the web on the BPA status of their "BPA-free" water bottles, Gaiam has quietly posted on its retail website data from independent lab test results that show BPA leaching levels at 23.8 parts per billion.

These findings are more than 10 times the detection limit that SIGG provided in its own water bottle testing, and over 18 times more than the leaching levels found in independent studies of SIGG water bottles.

Sources:

Mother Nature Network October 7, 2009

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/31/More-Safe-Water-Bottles-that-Are-Actually-Dangerous.aspx

WOW!  I was looking at them today thinking I would buy one!  My friend has one in stainless steel.  That sounds safer.

Trudy

Trudy

I am thinking of getting my boys stainless ones for Christmas. It is so hard to tell sometimes what is safe and what is suspect.