Water Bottle

"dwacon" <aunt.jemima.RemoveThis@pancake.mix> wrote in message
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> Read in Men's Health that it is bad to refill and reuse your water
> bottle
> because this proliferates germs.
>
> The article went on to say that washing doesn't help because the
> narrow neck
> doesn't get much in from the dishwasher and they also pooh pouched
> hand
> washing.
>
> I wonder if keeping the bottle in the freezer (between uses) would be
> beneficial in killing the microscopic baddies?
>
> Any thots?

Do what the bikies do - periodically fill it with diluted bleach, let it
sit a bit, then rinse it out well. That's good enough for many; if the
bleach aftertaste bothers you, another soak with baking soda mixed into
some water gets rid of the bleach smell.

Tried and true, and I don't think much live through bleach - some folks
use straight chlorine bleach but it's not necessary - a few spoonfulls
in a bottle of water is enough.

Another approach, if you drink bottled water or sports drinks at all, is
to reuse a bottle from one of those for as long as you're comfortable
then discard it and buy another. Buying a new bottle of water once a
week wouldn't be bad this way.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com


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In article <1109305060.406216.175720 RemoveThis @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
<joeu2004 RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
>dwacon wrote:
>> Read in Men's Health that it is bad to refill and reuse your
>> water bottle because this proliferates germs.
>
>Ohfercryingoutloud! Chicken Little lives!
>
>Anyway, get a bicycle bottle with "spout" -- I hope you know
>what I mean. There is no chance of backwash, hence no chance
>of germs to grow. In fact, you should not even touch the
>"spout" with your mouth.
>
>Also, some bottled water comes with a "spout". You can reuse
>the "spout" on bottles with compatible threads.
>
>> I wonder if keeping the bottle in the freezer (between uses)
>> would be beneficial in killing the microscopic baddies?
>
>Freezer!? I keep my bottle full of water in the refrigerator
>-- but not because any paranoia about germs.
>
>Anyway, I don't think cold kills germs; heat does. Talk to
>anyone with a newborn baby. And believe me, you don't want
>to go there.
>


If you're worried, a rinse with just a drop of clorine in the water
will kill all the bugs.

How did we survive before the internet. jeeesh.




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Why not just put in boiling water in a saucepan once in a while.



"Al Dykes" <adykes.TakeThisOut@panix.com> wrote in message
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> In article <1109305060.406216.175720.TakeThisOut@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
> <joeu2004.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>dwacon wrote:
>>> Read in Men's Health that it is bad to refill and reuse your
>>> water bottle because this proliferates germs.
>>
>>Ohfercryingoutloud! Chicken Little lives!
>>
>>Anyway, get a bicycle bottle with "spout" -- I hope you know
>>what I mean. There is no chance of backwash, hence no chance
>>of germs to grow. In fact, you should not even touch the
>>"spout" with your mouth.
>>
>>Also, some bottled water comes with a "spout". You can reuse
>>the "spout" on bottles with compatible threads.
>>
>>> I wonder if keeping the bottle in the freezer (between uses)
>>> would be beneficial in killing the microscopic baddies?
>>
>>Freezer!? I keep my bottle full of water in the refrigerator
>>-- but not because any paranoia about germs.
>>
>>Anyway, I don't think cold kills germs; heat does. Talk to
>>anyone with a newborn baby. And believe me, you don't want
>>to go there.
>>
>
>
> If you're worried, a rinse with just a drop of clorine in the water
> will kill all the bugs.
>
> How did we survive before the internet. jeeesh.
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m
>
> Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.
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