Do Nalgene bottles cause cancer ?

[Cy Kaicener]

Sean Nealon of the Press Enterprise is doing an article on Nalgene plastic water bottles and would like our opinion of the cancer risk that they may cause. The heat on Skyline poses a risk of contamination. His e mail is
snealon@PE.com
Here is another link that discusses the problem
http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=36992
He would like to do the full c2c this time.

[Hikin_Jim]

I've emailed this on to Sean:

I normally fill my bottles before a hike and drink from them through out the day. I don't think much leaching can occur in such a short time, and I don't hike every day. I don't use my Polycarb ("Lexan") bottles for day to day use, and I don't store water in them for long periods of time. I think my exposure is so minimal that I continue to use my Polcarbonate (the clear ones) Nalgene bottles.

I do have HDPE Nalgene bottles (the white "milky" colored plastic ones) that I use for overnight or longer term storage.

[Rick M]

Anybody not wanting to use their polycarbonate bottles I will gladly take them...I keep some of my rocket propellant chemicals in them.

[phydeux]

:D Anybody not wanting to use their polycarbonate bottles I will gladly take them...I keep some of my rocket propellant chemicals in them.

That's an interesting hiking strategy. Does that serve as a combination hydration/quick energy methodolgy on longer hikes?