My New Stainless Steel Water Bottle

Lately we've been hearing a lot about Stainless Steel Water Bottles. What's the reason to go out and buy one of these expensive water bottles when you can get a nice plastic one for, what $1? Or you can buy a bottle of water in the store and it comes with a bottle! I've been holding off on buying one, because they always seem to cost about $10, which to me is a little to much to pay for a water bottle. After all, I usually drink Dr Pepper ;-) But a little research about BPA helped me make the change .... that and the fact that I found one on clearance for less than $4.
To me it always did seem a little wrong thinking about a plastic bottle sitting in your car. The plastic gets warm in the heat and we drink the water out of it. I know that plastic is made from chemicals and it just seemed to add up to me that if the chemically-made water bottle heats up, even in the slightest, the chemicals could be released into the water we drink from the inside of said water bottle. Well it turns out I was right.
What is BPA?

Bisphenol A, more commonly known as BPA, is a chemical that has been used for more than 40 years in the manufacture of many hard plastic food containers such as baby bottles and reusable cups and the lining of metal food and beverage cans, including canned liquid infant formula.  Trace amounts of BPA can be found in some foods packaged in these containers. (HHS.gov)

Here's something else I read and it definitely concerned me, as it should my fellow reproductively-challenged friends

Bisphenol-A (BPA), found in polycarbonate plastics (#7/other, sometimes called Lexan), is an endocrine disruptor that has been shown to affect reproduction and brain development in animal studies. it can leach into foods and liquids and mimics estrogen when absorbed by the human body. (Trailspace.com)

 With all the concerns about infertility and cancer, the Stainless Steel Water Bottle was born! YAY!! Not only is it not made of the big-bad-wolf: Plastic, which in and of itself is a plus with me, but it's BPA FREE and FDA COMPLIANT. WooHoo in my book! And if you need a few more stats, well here you go:

The Bottled Water Problem

Still drinking bottled water when you could safely filter or turn on a tap? Consider:

• 1.5 million barrels of oil are used to make water bottles in the U.S. each year.
• Bottled water also requires oil for shipping, refrigerating, and even recycling.
• 86% of plastic bottles in the U.S. end up in a landfill or incinerator.
• More than 60 million plastic bottles end up in landfills and incinerators every day — 22 billion a year.
• Water quality standards set by the EPA for tap water are more stringent than the FDA’s standards for bottled water.
• Ounce for ounce, bottled water costs more than gasoline.
  
  Container Recycling Institute

 Well it sounds like good enough reasons to me ;-)
And so without further ado, here is my New Stainless Steel Water Bottle!

Happy Drinking! ;-)