Replacement cap for this Nalgene
So it turns out you can buy replacement caps for Nalgene's OTF water bottle. Awesome!
This water bottle is pretty good
My Nalgene was great, but the one thing that sort of annoyed me about it was the mold that would grow at the top of the silicone mouth opening over time. Even after cleaning, the black mold would be there. I believed it was clean, but it was unsightly. So I'm trying this new Thermos Nissan Intak Hydration water bottle out instead. It's priced well (just $11) and includes the handy locking clip that I need when I throw this water bottle into my backpack.
A part of me wishes that this bottle body was just straight rather than curved but that's not a dealbreaker I guess. So far, so good. And it looks nice too. Need one?
BPA-free bottles aren't necessarily safer than bottles containing BPA
A part of me always suspected this, but didn't really have any info about it to back it up. But all those BPA-free labels on plastic bottles and containers are pointing towards clever marketing again.
New research suggests that BPA alternatives that companies are using, namely BPS and BPSIP, are just as harmful to humans as BPA. This effectively nullifies any effort companies have been making to promote their products as better alternatives to previous manufacturing processes. One of the chemicals mentioned above, BPS, is commonly found in cashier receipts and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences noted that BPS levels doubled after just one shift of handling receipts.
In an August study in Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers found that BPA, BPS, and BPSIP can be found in the blood and urine of cashiers who handled receipts coated with at least one of the compounds. For those who worked with BPS-laden receipts, the levels of BPS in cashiers' urine doubled after a shift. The data follows a 2012 study suggesting that BPS was widely used in receipt papers and could be found on many other papers, such as currency. Another 2012 study that examined 315 urine samples collected from the United States, China, India, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, and Vietnam found that 81 percent tested positive for BPS.
What to do now? Glass and porcelain bottles?
UNDEFEATED 34 OZ. WATER CANTEEN
I'm really loving this Undefeated 34 oz. water canteen. If I had this, I'd probably see more use with this at home rather than on-the-go. I guess what I'm saying is that I really just want this because it says Undefeated on the side and I really like Undefeated. Not because I like water bottles.