addyb said:
Yeah, it IS strange that Nalgene FAQ's have no mention of it.
If you hover over the "products" button, it's at the bottom: "
Info about BPA"
They link to loads of websites which, surprise surprise, show how the previous study was flawed, Lexan is perfectly safe etc etc etc. Naturally they're not going to link to articles which say that BPA is deadly and gives everyone cancer, but as always it's up to us to decide who to believe.
I haven't done all the reading (I might get round to reading them properly later), but my guess is that Nalgene is essentially safe. Just as pretty much everything gives you cancer nowadays, I wouldn't be suprised if Lexan
did have some downsides, but then I also wouldn't be surprised if another study shows how HDPE is bad as well!
If I was to worry about that original article, I'd have to be worrying about the single-use water bottles. That's what I use at work - I buy an M&S or Sainsbury's water, drink it, and then keep using the water bottle for a while until it gets too dirty - then I get a new one. If that's evil too, I'm screwed, as I've been doing that for years!