Should you drink water in plastic bottles
As per information in cancerresearchuk.org there is no convincing scientific evidence till now to suggest that drinking water stored in plastic bottles and reusing the bottles for the same.
In fact, cancerrearchuk.org says that a group of hoax emails have been doing the rounds for a few years warning about the so-called dangers of plastic bottles, containers and films. The emails generally warn people about reusing plastic bottles, freezing water in them or leaving them in cars. Some of them also talk about microwaving food in plastic containers or covered with plastic films. However, there is no convincing scientific evidence to back up these claims or to suggest that any of these products could cause cancer.
cancerrearchuk.org mentions about hoax emails have circulated claiming that reusing, heating or freezing water bottles releases cancer-causing chemicals called dioxins. Some also mention a chemical called DEHA, a chemical found in plastics that the emails claim could potentially cause cancer.
cancerrearchuk.org says that some of these emails credit the warnings about plastics to Johns Hopkins University in America, but the university denies any involvement. In fact, mentioned in the cancerresearchuk.org is that the John Hopkins University website says:
“The Internet is flooded with messages warning against freezing water in plastic bottles or cooking with plastics in the microwave oven. These messages, frequently titled “Johns Hopkins Cancer News” or “Johns Hopkins Cancer Update,” are falsely attributed to Johns Hopkins and we do not endorse their content.”
Until it is conclusively proved that drinking water in plastic bottles is unsafe, it is a personal decision to drink water or not that is stored in plastic bottle.
