Are cases of single use bottled water left out in the heat anywhere before we buy them in stores?

Question

Single use bottled water with a PET or PETE on the bottom of the bottles has been found to leach toxic chemicals from the plastic into the water if the bottles are left in the sun or heat or if they are more than six months old. We can monitor this at home but how do we know whether or not they have been left on a dock or somewhere else, for any length of time in the heat before they reach the stores?

Answer 1

i dont think we can monitor this. if you call and ask a store manager theyll probably tell you it wasnt left in the sun regardless of whether or not it was, if you contact corporate they probably dont have a clue.

im sure theyre left in the sun for a little bit when theyre unloading.. but once theyre in the store theyre either in the back (where its relatively cool) or on the shelves (which are generally near the frozen goods and in a grocery store so... relatively cool as well)

as long as youre shopping at safeway or lucky (albertsons) or maybe raley's i dont think you have anything to worry about.

Answer 2

We don't. And most warehouses get pretty hot.