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  • Update 4: Irma sez, here's a link on the possible connection between birth defects and the plastic used in Nalgene bottles.

    - Boing Boing 2006

  • The nation's six largest baby bottle manufacturers announced earlier this spring that they have either already eliminated or will phase BPA out of their product lines, and companies such as Nalgene and Eden Foods have taken voluntary actions to remove BPA from products intended for use by adults of reproductive age, such as sports bottles and food cans.

    John DeCock: The BPA Diaries: An Introduction 2009

  • Bisphenol A (BPA) is most commonly used as the building block of polycarbonate plastic for products such as Nalgene water bottles, most baby bottles, epoxy resins (coatings that line food containers), and white dental sealants.

    PACIFIC OCEAN PLASTIC STEW ( BPA ) STILL ENDANGERING HUMANS 2008

  • Particularly because their popularity has given rise to cheap knockoffs of the original "Nalgene" brand bottles (the laboratory versions of which have been analyzed to death), I'm not sure how much better they are on the leachate front than the disposible bottles, but the widemouth design does make the periodically washing needed to wipe out the inevitable bacterial growth whole lot easier.

    Water bottle holder question 2004

  • That means BPA is in reusable food and drink products such as Nalgene bottles and microwaveable food containers, children's toys, electronic equipment, CDs, DVDs, automobiles and sports helmets.

    The Bellingham Herald: Sports News 2010

  • If you're going to put milkshakes in the Nalgene bottles you're going to have to get a little better at washing 'em out, OK?

    Caption Contest: Write the Best... 2009

  • So, you went to Bass Pro, stole a bunch of lures and put them in the Nalgene you stole from me.

    Caption Contest: Write the Best... 2009

  • So, you went to Bass Pro, stole a bunch of lures and put them in the Nalgene you stole from me.

    Caption Contest: Write the Best... 2009

  • These ounces come from the always handy Nalgene bottle, which I love.

    Win A Karim-Rashid Designed, Water-Filtering Bobble Bottle! | Inhabitat 2010

  • When I used to travel with a clear plastic Nalgene bottle, they'd always make me finish drinking it before going through with the empty bottle. mindflex

    TSA doesn't understand what "random" means - Boing Boing 2009

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