THE SHORT ANSWER
Some are safe, some aren’t.
WHY IS THAT?
The number 7 on a plastic bottle doesn’t indicate one type of plastics, it indicates a group of plastics. Some number 7 products are BPA Free and perfectly safe, some aren’t.
HOW DO I KNOW WHICH NUMBER 7 PRODUCTS ARE SAFE?
The only way to know for sure is to ask your retailer or contact the manufacturer directly. At Shop Naturally, Australia’s largest online retailer of BPA Free Bottles, the hard work has been taken out of the equation.
All the water bottles for sale, whether they’re Stainless Steel Water Bottles or Plastic Water Bottles, they’re all 100% BPA Free and safe to use, whether the packaging is marked that way or not.
The following brands of water bottles are sold at Shop Naturally and all BPA Free. We have also included the links to the official websites of each brand to help you do some independant research.
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The folks at ‘The Onion’ have a their usual standard dry and witty take on the bottled water industry. We had a chuckle when we read the article and thought you might like it too!
“Wishing to dispose of the empty plastic container, and failing to spot a recycling bin nearby, an estimated 30 million Americans asked themselves Monday how bad throwing away a single bottle of water could really be……”
CLICK HERE to read the whole article.
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Back To School Water Bottle special offer! Buy any of the Cheeki Stainless Steel Water Bottles in the 500ml, 750ml or 1 litre size + the matching insulated cover and get the sports cap FREE.
Visit the Stainless Steel Bottles section of Shop Naturally for more information.
Offer ends January 31st, 2010.
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Have you ever wondered if your stainless steel water bottle is magnetic or not? Read this interesting article from ABC’s Science department. If you’re a nerd, it’s quite a good read 
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Women’s Health Magazine – January 2010 – page 118
The model on page 118 is holding a stainless steel drink bottle, and although there isn’t much information on the page, we can tell you it’s a Camelbak bottle, and to be more specific, it’s the 750ml Camelbak Stainless Steel Better Bottle. They retail for $49.95, and while certainly not the cheapest water bottle on the market, this stainless steel bottle has both a leak-proof and spill-proof lid, using the Camelbak infamous bite valve that’s on all of their backpacks.
When you’re looking for pure quality in both the bottle and the lid design, look no further than this and other Camelbak bottles (including their range of bpa free plastic drink bottles).
Visit the official Camelbak Website for further information – www.camelbak.com
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Women’s Health Magazine – January 2010 – page 148
Read the article in the ‘Nutrition’ section of the Jan ‘10 issue called ‘Just Add Water’ (starting page 147) where you can find out about 6 different myths vs facts about hydration.
Page 148 talks about the ‘bring your own options’ and compares the SIGG Water Bottle and the Cheeki Water Bottle. When the SIGG bottles start from $34.10 and the Cheeki bottles from $17.95, it’s not a tough choice for most.
To make an informed choice, you need to know that the Cheeki Bottles are manufactured from Food Grade Stainless Steel and the Cheeki Bottles are aluminium and they are lined. Please visit the official website below for further information so you can make an informed choice.
Official Cheeki website – www.cheeki.net.au
Official SIGG website – www.siggaustralia.com.au
Cheeki Water Bottle Stockists
Shop Naturally & selected health food stores nationally.
SIGG Water Bottle Stockists
Various kitchenware, department stores and gift outlet locations around the country.
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Klean Kanteen Sports 2.0 Cap
In-house product testing from the team at Shop Naturally has shown that the Klean Kanteen Sports 2.0 cap has THE best water flow out of any of the sports caps in their range. Considering they have the widest range of water bottles for sale online in Australia, this is a pretty good review.
If rapid water flow is important to you in a sports cap, they recommend the Klean Kanteen Drink Bottles before any others in their range.
The Klean Kanteen Sports 2.0 cap is advertised as having 3x the water flow of their original lid. There is a tiny silicone valve in the lid that allows for increased air flow in the lid. While most other lids have the air flow in the actual mouth piece (which means that with some of the lesser quality lids, you are sucking up a little bit of air as you drink), this lid does not. The only down side is that these Sports 2.0 caps are not leak-proof. If you let one roll around a sports bag and the silicone seal is nudged, they will leak a little.
For transport, they recommend a screw cap, either the standard BPA free polypropylene screw cap or a klean kanteen stainless steel flat cap (available to be purchased seperately). You can quickly and easily switch out the lid when you’re about to start your exercise.
For further information:-
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We found this really interesting article written by the Environmental Working Group in relation to BPA found in baby formula and baby bottles.
Leading brands of baby formula are being sold in cans lined with BPA, which is a little frightening. A lot of canned food you buy at the supermarket in general also contains BPA in the canned linings.
“The chemical is bisphenol A, or BPA, a component of the plastic epoxy resins used to line metal food cans. Dozens of laboratory studies show that BPA affects the developing brain and reproductive systems of animals exposed to low doses during pregnancy and early life. BPA has recently raised concerns from 2 separate expert panels of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), with 1 group of scientists warning that human exposures to BPA are already at or above the levels that harm animals and another expressing concern about impacts of BPA on infants’ brains and behavior.”
READ THE FULL ARTICLE
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Buy a re-usable water bottle
I heard the most ridiculous story on ABC today, a ‘cheapie’ shop in Moss Vale (just around the corner from Bundanoon, the first town in the world to ban the sale of bottled water), there’s a shop selling bottled water for 65 cents, and it comes from Malaysia.
Now let’s get this straight. Malaysia is a country where Australians are warned NOT to drink the tap water. The plastic bottles are made (which uses several litres of water itself), the water is put in the bottles. It is then transported to docks where it’s loaded on to a ship, transported to Australia, then put in a truck and driven to Moss Vale, where it’s sold in a shop that has to pay wages, insurance, electricity etc, all for the price of 65 cents.
Has the world gone crazy? If you must buy bottled water for convenience, please buy it from a company who hasn’t shipped it half way around the world first. This is just a revolting attack on our planet.
Buy a re-usable water bottle and fill it up at home.
(Please note: this is not an attack on Malaysia, it’s an attack on the bottled water industry. Having fancy French & Italian still water shipped from the other side of the world is just as bad)
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