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Does bottled water cause breast cancer?
I received a forwarded email from my best friend who would never lie to me about bottled water causing breast cancer. Supposedly Sharon Crow was on the Ellen Show and mentioned that bottled water left in the car has "dioxins" that cause breast cancer. The email said that she told national television this because her doctor told her about these dangers. I have to assume that this must be ANY bottled water though because bottled waters is typically shipped in trucks from place to place. If this is true, should I stop drinking bottled water?
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Ok so the thing about that, is the bottled water is LEFT in the car and that's like a few hours AT LEAST.
The heat and plastic is probably the main problem and i don't believe it's untrue.
However no one really knows what can and can't cause cancer, hence the reason we don't have a sure cure yet.
I drink bottled water, and i think alot of people do too....but if you're going to leave the water in the heat for a few hours....don't drink it.
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Water bottles are not dangerous if you keep them at room temperature. Reusing a water bottle that's a problem too. Water bottles, once you've opened the bottle, you should drink it asap and throw it away. It's not intended for re-bottling more water and being used again because there are toxic (cancer-causing) chemicals inside the plastic that makes the bottle that can leak out into the liquid contained in the bottle, that if you drink, is definitely not good for you. How do they leak out? Leaving bottled water in the car is bad for the reason that usually people keep bottled waters in cars and if the weather gets hot, the plastic and everything that makes it up will start to melt, leaking out the toxins into the water, like previously mentioned. The toxins won't necessarily cancer of the breast specifically, but leads to a higher risk of cancer in general. If you plan on drinking from the same "bottle", buy one of those containers specially designed for that purpose, like the ones they sell for athletes.
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I am pretty sure it's true. I'm not sure about Crow going on the Ellen Show and talking about it, but I received the email and actually looked it up. You should be safe as long as you do not heat up the bottle in the microwave or freeze the bottle in the freezer. I wouldn't stop drinking bottled water though. If you go down that route you will live a very unpleasant life. Nowadays they say that pretty much everything causes some sort of cancer or another.
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