Bottled water facts on website
Re: Risk and plastic, by Navana Senic, Sept. 3
I read this letter to the editor with interest. In her correspondence, Ms. Senic raises concerns about the outside storage of bottled water at Windsor retailers and the possible leaching of plastic compounds into the product as a result.
The ideal outside storage temperature range for bottled water is 5 C to 25 C, which according to Environment Canada, is well within the temperature range one typically experiences in Windsor during the summer months.
Temperature fluctuations outside of that range would have to occur in a sustained fashion over a minimum two-week period for the product to be impacted. In any case, the product never sits in direct sunlight over a prolonged period, partly because of building overhangs and partly because of the continuous rotation of the sun.
Regarding leaching, Health Canada is aware of reports appearing on the Internet expressing concerns about the potential degradation of plastic water bottles which have been left in cars exposed to summer heat, for example.
The focus of such concern has been the alleged release of cancer-causing chemicals from the plastic bottles into the water. However, according to Health Canada, there is no scientific evidence to support such a concern.
http://www.windsorstar.com/opinion/Bottled+water+facts+website/3537037/story.html
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