What do you think of this?

Question

I got this as a forwarded e-mail from my mom, sounds like b/s to me:

This is how Sheryl Crow got breast cancer she was on the Ellen show and She said this same exact thing.

So please be very careful ladies. Drinking Bottled Water Kept in Car....a friend whose mother recently got diagnosed with breast cancer. The doctor told her: women should not drink bottled water that has been left in a car. The doctor said that the heat and the plastic of the bottle have certain
chemicals that can lead to breast cancer.
So please be careful and do not drink from that water bottle that has been left in a car. Pass this on to all the women in your life. This information is the kind we need to know and be aware of and just might save us!!!!
The heat causes toxins from the plastic to leak into the water and they have found these toxins in breast tissue.

Answer 1

Wow! What will they come up with next?
It was bad enough with sun causing cancer, poluted air causing cancer and now bottled water causing cancer. Without sun, air and water, where are we? I give up. I'm going to hold my breath in a dry cave.

Answer 2

False. In the United States, plastic water bottles are regulated by the FDA as "food contact substances" and held to the same safety standards as food additives.

This means, among other things, that the FDA has reviewed test data on the safety of the plastics used in water bottles -- including the potential for hazardous chemicals leaching or "migrating" from the plastic into the water -- and established that they pose no significant risk to human health. The water itself is also tested and must meet basic quality standards similar to those set by the Environmental Protection Agency for public drinking water.

That is not to say that bottled water is absolutely free of contaminants, nor that chemical leaching never takes place. Studies done on water bottled in FDA-approved polyethylene terephthalate (PET), for example, did find trace amounts of potentially hazardous substances believed to have migrated from the plastic. The important point to take away, however, is that these amounts were very small and well within the safety limits set by FDA and EPA regulators.

According to Dr. Rolf Halden of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, consumers face a much greater risk from potential exposure to microbial contaminants in bottled water -- germs, to you and me -- than from chemical ones.

Note: It's a false claim that pop singer Sheryl Crow claims she developed breast cancer as a result of drinking bottled water.

Answer 3

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/bottled-water.htm


False. In the United States, plastic water bottles are regulated by the FDA as "food contact substances" and held to the same safety standards as food additives.

This means, among other things, that the FDA has reviewed test data on the safety of the plastics used in water bottles -- including the potential for hazardous chemicals leaching or "migrating" from the plastic into the water -- and established that they pose no significant risk to human health. The water itself is also tested and must meet basic quality standards similar to those set by the Environmental Protection Agency for public drinking water.

That is not to say that bottled water is absolutely free of contaminants, nor that chemical leaching never takes place. Studies done on water bottled in FDA-approved polyethylene terephthalate (PET), for example, did find trace amounts of potentially hazardous substances believed to have migrated from the plastic. The important point to take away, however, is that these amounts were very small and well within the safety limits set by FDA and EPA regulators.

According to Dr. Rolf Halden of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, consumers face a much greater risk from potential exposure to microbial contaminants in bottled water -- germs, to you and me -- than from chemical ones.

Note: Some versions of this message contain the additional false claim that pop singer Sheryl Crow claims she developed breast cancer as a result of drinking bottled water.

Answer 4

ok that was the biggest buch of crap i just read. sorry but let me clue you in on a fact. do you not think the temprature in iraq is just as hot if not hotter then the car. hmm let me think here i been to iraq several times and we drink out of plastic water botlles provided by the kuwait water source. let me tell you that not one female solider i ever known has never come down with breast cancer and we do not get the luxuary of having cold water all the time. besides that only 2 males yes males got kidney stones from water with a high calcium content in it. so i think you best not believe everything you hear.

Answer 5

althought the whole heated plastic toxin thing is true..i dont think that the heated water can give you breast cancer that seems farfetched

Answer 6

And mosquitoes spread the AIDS virus. I've heard that swallowing small amounts of moisture produced in the mouth leads to stomach cancer. I've heard that breathing leads to death. Hello!

Answer 7

That is total b/s!! I'm going to drink lots of water that I leave in the car know!!

Answer 8

Myth, check it out on www.snopes.com
Any container that holds food is regulated by the FDA. The chemicals are safe for consumption.

Answer 9

Heard the same thing about microwaving foods in plastic containers!!!

Answer 10

I'm sure stranger things have happened.