Nalgene Oasis Canteen, BPA?

[Mr.Blade]

Hi folks!
I have Nalgene Oasis Canteen 32oz, marked 2008 on the bottom. How do I know if it is BPA-free?

//Mr.Blade

 

[heresay1]

Look for the recycle symbol. If there is a 7 and the letters PC underneath then it contains BPA.

 

[Mr.Blade]

@heresay1
There is a 7 inside the recycle symbol, but under the recycle symbol, the word "other" is marked?

 

[IUKE12]

A trip to Google came up with this:
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#1 - Polyethylene Terephthalate (PETE) or (PET). Polyester is its nickname.
Used for: soft drink and water bottles, beer bottles, mouthwash bottles, peanut butter and salad dressing containers, ovenable film, ovenable pre-prepared food trays.
Recycled into: Polar fleece clothing, fiber, tote bags, bottles, clothing, furniture, carpet.
#2 - High Density Polyethylene (HDPE).
Used for: milk, water and juice containers, trash and retail bags, liquid detergent bottles, yogurt and margarine tubs, cereal box liners.
Recycled into: liquid laundry detergent containers, drainage pipe, oil bottles, recycling bins, benches, pens, doghouses, vitamin bottles, floor tile, picnic tables, lumber, mailbox posts, fencing.

#3 - Vinyl (Polyvinyl Chloride or PVC)
Used for: Clear food packaging, shampoo bottles, medical tubing, wire and cable insulation. There has been increasing concern over the potential toxicity of PVC, watch the media for developments.

#4 - Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
Used for: Bread bags, frozen food bags, squeezable bottles (e.g. honey, mustard).

#5 - Polypropylene (PP)
Used for: Ketchup bottles, yogurt containers and margarine tubs, medicine bottles

#6 - Polystyrene (PS)
Used for: Compact disc jackets, food service applications, grocery store meat trays, egg cartons, aspirin bottles, cups, plates.

#7 - Other: Use of this code indicates that the package in question is made with a resin other than the six listed above, or is made of more than one resin used in combination.
Used for: Three and five gallon reusable water bottles, some citrus juice and ketchup bottles

 

[vector001]

look at the studies on BPA.

there is little to fear except fear itself IMHO, on that matter.

vec

 

[scouter27]

Start drinking out of it. If you grow a third arm or something else unusual happens (assuming growing extra arms is unusual for you) blame BPA and call CNN, or the Swedish equivalent if you wish, immediately.

 

[Cpl Punishment]

look at the studies on BPA.

there is little to fear except fear itself IMHO, on that matter.

vec

LOL, that study reminds me of the study that said saccharine causes cancer. Yet, if you look at the dosage given the rats (and assuming that rat physiology is close enough to human to draw a direct comparison), you'd have to eat about 12 pounds of it a day to be at risk. 12 pounds of anything a day is probably going to kill you, LOL.

 

[OwenM]

LOL, that study reminds me of the study that said saccharine causes cancer. Yet, if you look at the dosage given the rats (and assuming that rat physiology is close enough to human to draw a direct comparison), you'd have to eat about 12 pounds of it a day to be at risk. 12 pounds of anything a day is probably going to kill you, LOL.

I remember that. Can't recall the exact numbers, but I added it up, and you would have to have 300 drinks per day sweetened with saccharine(for whatever time period it came out to that I don't remember-probably years) to get as much as they gave the rats at one time.
BPA is used in the stuff they line canned food with, but somehow I only hear about it in relation to water bottles.
Sad how people are so desperate for things to be afraid of.

 

[baldtaco-II]

I remember that. Can't recall the exact numbers, but I added it up, and you would have to have 300 drinks per day sweetened with saccharine(for whatever time period it came out to that I don't remember-probably years) to get as much as they gave the rats at one time.
BPA is used in the stuff they line canned food with, but somehow I only hear about it in relation to water bottles.
Sad how people are so desperate for things to be afraid of.

I was under the impression that baby bottles and a "think of the children" mentality was a good portion of the propellant. Similar sort of theme here may give you a

 

[OwenM]

Probably so. I was thinking of water bottles, but drinking bottles" might have been better.

 

[harkamus]

Everything is anecdotal in this thread unless you can cite the exact studies.

I always say better safe than sorry. If you're concerned about BPA, which since you posted, you must be, then get a steel bottle. Personally, it's not the BPA that bothers me. It's the taste of drinking from plastic that bothers me. As I type this, I have my 40 ounce Klean Kanteen next to me that I've used for a few years now.

 

[Cpl Punishment]

The exact studies for the BPA can be found via Google. The "science" is conjecture at best.

As far as taste, the Nalgenes never left a taste in anything I drank from them (usually just water), unlike HDPE bottles.

Not that I really mind, I got a bunch of Nalgenes for $4 on closeout over the panic.

 

[grlangr]

I've never tried to boil wter in one (a nalgene) over a fire... which is probably the only way one would release any type of chemicals into your water. So what about the spray on coating inside of paper cups that keeps them from getting soggy? what is that made out of and does it give off something when you fill it up with scalding hot coffee (maybe somebody can win another lawsuit against McDonalds on that?)

 

[NRaiano]

@heresay1
There is a 7 inside the recycle symbol, but under the recycle symbol, the word "other" is marked?

Bio plastic comes under the 7 category and is by far the safest.
It's made out of corn after all!!!
other most likely indicates that it is in fact this...