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Originally Posted by Tyler
Is re-using a Dasani water bottle for an extended period of time going to leave me susceptible to BPA poisoning? Or is my roommate just yanking my chain...
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As far as I've heard there was no issue with BPA being in Dasani type plastic water bottles, but a different chemical called DEHA. According to
wikipedia DEHA isn't used in those water bottles anymore, they use PET.
On
Cancer.org:
"These emails are apparently based on a student’s college thesis. In fact, DEHA is not inherent in the plastic used to make these bottles, and even if it was the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says DEHA "cannot reasonably be anticipated to cause cancer, teratogenic effects, immunotoxicity, neurotoxicity, gene mutations, liver, kidney, reproductive, or developmental toxicity or other serious or irreversible chronic health effects." Meanwhile, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), says diethylhexyl adipate "is not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans." "
