I might be drinking plastic.

[erdnase]

I went through a phase of buying fizzy bottled water from Tesco - not the w*nky spring water, but the 19p for 2 litre Highland Spring stuff. Then I went off the fizzy stuff and just started filling my old bottles up from the tap. I drink loads of water from it while I work, perhaps 6L or so a day, filling my old Highland Spring bottle up from the tap.

Today I just realized that I've been using the same bottle for around 2 years. It still retains full structural integrity - but I bet I've been drinking loads of green plastic too. Is this dangerous? I give it a good rinse every day. Do you think I might die from it? Should I switch to a lead-lined bottle just to be safe?

I've no symptoms like blinding headaches or dizzying migranes. Please - brutal honesty, PH. I can handle the cold hard truth.

[Dugiet]

You're gonna die i'm afraid to say

[AlexKP]

erdnase said:

Do you think I might die from it?

Do you?

I do.

You have only moments left to live. In fact you are probably dead as I write this and thus won't be able to respond.

[Puggit]

Daily Mail Link

[Trommel]

erdnase said:

I drink loads of water from it while I work, perhaps 6L or so a day

Weird.

[carmadgaz]

Yes I'm afraid its terminal, you WILL die

[pokethepope]

you must spend more time in the toilet than at your desk!

[jkennyd]

Will there be a party at your dead doo. I love a good party

[Dugiet]

pokethepope said:

you must spend more time in the toilet than at your desk!

[RobCrezz]

You have 24 hours. Sorry.

[Dugiet]

RobCrezz said:

You have 24 hours. Sorry.

I have bad news, the only reason he's not responded so far is he's actually dead

[HellDiver]

More likely die due to drinking 6l of water in 8 hours. Unless he works in Afghanistan as a soldier, or something like that?

[Dugiet]

HellDiver said:

More likely die due to drinking 6l of water in 8 hours. Unless he works in Afghanistan as a soldier, or something like that?

Yeah thats true i've heard of people dying from drinking too much...

[Dugiet]

Unless he's a fatty and sweats buckets

[Bibbs]

Puggit said:

Daily Mail Link

Cancer from Microwave : FALSE
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/cookplastic.a...

Cancer from bottles : FALSE
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/petbottles.as...

[JB Rugby]

Pah... I used to eat my brothers' Lego... Best were the little red squares used for rear lights on vehicles.

You'll be fine... ish.

[Pyro]

Anything you hear about reusing a plastic bottle being poisonous is a lie, but using the same one for that length of time is just plain strange.

So you'll live, for now.

Wierdo

[Matt_N]

6L!

Are you a whale? Do you siphon out the plankton from the water!

[FTJoe]

You're already dead.

[merc_man]

A period of one year is fine, after that you contract the BAD AIDS. Sorry, but there you go.