When it comes to water in bottles, there are two kinds of plastic to consider: PET & Polycarbonate. We’ll handle PET first.
PET plastic has the recycle code# 1 under the bottle. Most bottled water comes in PET. There are a couple health concerns of note with PET (ranked from most serious to least):
• Bacteria – It happens when water is left stagnant. Especially when the water is dechlorinated like most bottled waters (plus the bottles are difficult to wash). Most of the health problems associated with this kind of …