Is it unhealthy to freeze your commercial bottles of water?

[liberalitch]

I love that..... half way into your walk it's perfect.

[KitchenWitch]

1. I would think that would be perfectly safe

The only change that is happening is that the water is changing phases, from the liquid to the solid.

Sorry for the physics/chemistry explanation.

[SoCalDem]

2. I freeze them all the time for car trips.. Need less ice for

the small cooler:)

[liberalitch]

4. Some weirdo who works in the office at my school....

says it releases carcinogens from the plastic..... sometimes weirdos are right but...
I would think heating it might could do that but..... Freezing?

[KitchenWitch]

6. Freezing would tend to lock things in

But what do I know...

[liberalitch]

11. Do you keep your phone wrapped in tin foil?

[KitchenWitch]

13. ya found me out...

:rofl:

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[billyskank]

9. It'll be fine. Don't worry.

:)

[calico1]

10. I read somewhere that what is bad is

reusing them after you drink the water. The plastic they use for those bottles are supposed to leech something. I don't remember reading anything about freezing the bottles though. I do that too, especially if I go for a long car trip and don't want to pay $2 for a bottle of water. I just freeze a few and take them with me.

[malta blue]

3. Somehow the plastic bottle makes it taste funny after they

freeze up. Not sure why.:shrug:

[liberalitch]

5. I have never noticed a difference.....

Hey, I heard it was bad from a woman who keeps her cell phone wrapped in foil (?)

[malta blue]

7. I do not wrap my phone in foil

but I really have noticed it, especially when they freeze overnight in my car and I take them in to the office the next day.
I don't think it is really bad for you, per se, but I have noticed a difference.

[caty]

8. I do it all the

time. I've never had any problems. :spray:

[Sabriel]

12. That was an email urban legend

It was circulating a few months ago. Here's some info I found on it, in case you're interested:

http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/articles/halden_dioxins.html


OC&PA: What do you make of this recent email warning that claims dioxins can be released by freezing water in plastic bottles?

RH: No. This is an urban legend. There are no dioxins in plastics. In addition, freezing actually works against the release of chemicals. Chemicals do not diffuse as readily in cold temperatures, which would limit chemical release if there were dioxins in plastic, and we don’t think there are.

[philosophie_en_rose]

14. I do it all of the time.

I open the bottle and pour some of the water into the planter though. I once had a bottle crack when the water expanded.