ITS WATER
2006-12-15 05:35:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
Since the bottle is transparent, UV light can pass through the bottle walls and react with the plastic, causing a breakdown on the polymers. Those chemicals that result from the breakdown of the plastic dissolve in the water.
After a certain length of time, the quantity of these chemicals in the water is above what is believed to be 'safe'.
That is why bottled water has expiry dates.
2006-12-15 05:45:01 · answer #1 · answered by Che jrw 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Maybe there is some sort of additive....lol. An interesting thing to note, a majority of the time bottled water is just common ground water, like what you get from your sink, only filtered. For instance the Mountain Ice plant in Michigan is nothing more than bottled Great Lakes ground water, yet they call it spring water????
2006-12-15 05:51:58 · answer #2 · answered by chris j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think that with bottles being clear or transparent, algae might start growing if the water is exposed to sunlight for too long..
2006-12-15 05:46:15 · answer #3 · answered by Proto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well my theory is that water in water bottles gets stale after just sitting there for soo long...thats why after two weeks of my water bottle sitting out i dont drink it because i think it would taste gross
2006-12-15 05:41:49 · answer #4 · answered by *---colie91---* 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You said it, Matt, it's the bottle. Like someone said, the plastic bottle starts to degrade over time. You see this when you see "floaties" in your bottle.
2006-12-15 05:53:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think because the water inside starts "stacking" after a while and bacteria can start to reproduce in your water and it won't taste "right" or fresh!
2006-12-15 05:45:48 · answer #6 · answered by Brooklyn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but my sister told me that water can go bad or become "stale" too.
2006-12-16 11:56:22 · answer #7 · answered by umm 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋