{"id":932,"date":"2013-05-20T09:57:47","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T09:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/?p=932"},"modified":"2013-05-20T09:57:47","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T09:57:47","slug":"is-it-safe-to-reuse-plastic-bottles-for-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/?p=932","title":{"rendered":"Is it safe to reuse plastic bottles for water?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:left;margin:5px;font-size:80%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"product recall\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7171\/6807556605_82a4042d6f_m.jpg\" width=\"160\"\/><br \/> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/39259750@N02\/6807556605\">USCPSC<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><i>Question by Generic Person<\/i>: Is it safe to reuse plastic bottles for water?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I know about plastic containing carcinogens, but I recall hearing that it only applied for things under high or low temperatures. Is it safe to keep a bottle around to refill with water when I get thirsty? It is going to be left out on my desk, so no refrigeration or heat to really worry about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>Answer by SuperVibrationalEscrow<\/i><br \/>As safe as re-using a plastic cup.  It is good to wash them out with hot water and dish soap from time to time just to prevent bacteria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think? Answer below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by USCPSC Question by Generic Person: Is it safe to reuse plastic bottles for water? I know about plastic containing carcinogens, but I recall hearing that it only applied for things under high or low temperatures. Is it safe to keep a bottle around to refill with water when I get thirsty? It is going [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2453,1604,2452,85,820],"class_list":["post-932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recalls","tag-bottles","tag-plastic","tag-reuse","tag-safe","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}