Poll : : : Does water go bad?

[Drew]

I remember a Flash comic book from a long time ago. In it, the Flash had invented a time machine and went far into the future. There, he touched some odd looking material that contaminated his hands. When he came back to the present time, everything he touched with his hands because instantly extremely old. Well, someone was in trouble in a boat and needed saving, so he had to figure out a way to save them without touching them. Fortunately, since water doesn't age, he was able to swim with his hands while having them hang onto his feet. That way he didn't harm them with his contaminated hands and the water wasn't affected. Ever since reading that, I've been under the impression that water doesn't get old. YMMV.

[what4]

In various parts of the world, people drink groundwater that was deposited tens, hundreds or thousands of years earlier. So there is nothing about water itself that goes stale.

Some plastic containers, however, seem to leach chemicals into the water, and over time these can get intense.

[Chupa Chupa]

OK I'll bite...how is throwing (fungal enhanced) bottled water out bad? Wouldn't throwing water down the drain or on the grass be the ultimate recycling?

Oh and this one....

"In various parts of the world, people drink groundwater that was deposited tens, hundreds or thousands of years earlier. So there is nothing about water itself that goes stale."

Or the trip killer bacteria that live in it.


Personally I wouldn't drink open bottled water that has been sitting out for more than a day. Health experts even warn against reusing water bottles because it's impossible to kill all the bacteria on the plastic after they have been open.

[ztirffritz]

[quote what4] In various parts of the world, people drink groundwater that was deposited tens, hundreds or thousands of years earlier. So there is nothing about water itself that goes stale.





Some plastic containers, however, seem to leach chemicals into the water, and over time these can get intense.
Polycarbonate does not leach any flavors into the water. That is one reason why they are used in Nalgene bottles. PC is also very impact resistant.

Polyethylene(PE) however, which is used in milk jugs does leach monomers into the contents, but usually only when it is exposed to high temps or UV radiation (sunlight). The same holds true for Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT) and Polyethylene Terephthalate(PET), but less so than just Polyethylene.

[rob banzai]

I keep two or three 2.5 gallon water jugs around for emergencies and rotate them out now and then. Just yesterday I checked them out and they have both a "bottled" date and an expiration date. Like others have said it's about the container, not the water.

I'd never heard the Budweiser water story, but I'm on the west side. Sounds like a good ebay item. GENUINE BUDWEISER WATER!

[mikebw]

If you keep in out of the sun, and relatively cool it should last a good long time. And not to discount all the warnings about bacteria and disease growing in your open bottles, but do you people ever wonder how humans have survied all these tens of thousands of years (sorry creationists) with all dying from water-borne bacteria in their pots, jugs and canteens?
Seriously, some bacteria is actually good for you, and some of those that aren't when taken in small quantities can help yo9u develop a stronger immune system so you don't have to worry about dying every time you reuse a plastic bottle. The world cannot ever be a sterile place, and if it were then we would all die the minute some foreign life entered the atmosphere from another planet.

[Carthaigh]

[quote mikebw] If you keep in out of the sun, and relatively cool it should last a good long time. And not to discount all the warnings about bacteria and disease growing in your open bottles, but do you people ever wonder how humans have survied all these tens of thousands of years (sorry creationists) with all dying from water-borne bacteria in their pots, jugs and canteens?


Seriously, some bacteria is actually good for you, and some of those that aren't when taken in small quantities can help yo9u develop a stronger immune system so you don't have to worry about dying every time you reuse a plastic bottle. The world cannot ever be a sterile place, and if it were then we would all die the minute some foreign life entered the atmosphere from another planet.







Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/28/2006 09:50PM by mikebw.
Exactly. I was wondering if a rational person would post to this thread. (except for the tens of thousands of years comment...try 1 million years).

[mikebw]

I figured I would go a little conservative on the timeline with respect to how long humans may have actually had containers to carry water around in. Certainly more than 10,000 years, but you got my point so I'll stop explaining.