Drinking can be hazardous, and I’m not talking about alcohol. The vessels we use to keep liquid nourishment handy can sometimes pose problems. BPA (bisphenol A) is the most feared chemical common in plastic bottles, so I tried going with stainless steel.
That was a mistake. Within 48 hours of putting tea into a stainless container, I was experiencing a constant metallic taste in my mouth, and awoke with what I am assuming is bleeding gums. Never a good thing.
Being a scientific minded person, I went a day with my plastic bottles instead, and had no metal taste or bleeding. That seems to cinch it. My new stainless bottle is to blame.
There can’t be a group to monitor everything that is made for sale today, but one would expect some oversight to catch these types of things. I have contacted the company from which I bought the item and am waiting for a response.
Now, about that handbag I ordered from China, in light of the coronavirus outbreak, I checked with the CDC and learned that my risk of contracting anything from a product is nearly non-existent because the virus would only live for hours in transit.
That’s reassuring, but it makes you wonder why we should have to worry about products making us sick, in addition to what happens to them once they are condemned to the trash. We seem to be swimming in uncertain pools of unknown glop which may kill us all or, at least, affect our future offspring.
We should probably just go for really big paper cups and burlap handbags.
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