[pct-l] trail cooking

[giniajim]

I can't imagine carrying glass anything into the back country.  (maybe optical stuff, that's about it).
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: dicentra 
  To: Brick Robbins 
  Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 12:14 PM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] trail cooking


  I hiked/worked with someone who insisted on carrying her water in a glass bottle 
  (think large glass juice bottle). OOOhhhh boy did that make a mess of her pack 
  when it broke!!! Shattered glass and wet gear. Fun times.

  ~Dicentra

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  ________________________________
  From: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
  To: pct-l at backcountry.net
  Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 5:46:14 PM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] trail cooking

  On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 4:01 PM, greg mushial <gmushial at gmdr.com> wrote:
  > Firstly: I do not wish to rain on anyone's parade... but I'm wondering if
  > one really wants to be doing this. Personally I came to the conclusion that,
  > at least for myself, no I do not. The question has to do with leaching of
  > human-unfriendly chemicals from the plastics.

  There are lots of different plastics. Lumping them all together shows
  a general lack of understanding of the issue.

  The current worries are the estrogenic chemicals Bisphenol A and
  various phthalates. I think the "PBA" you quoted was probably intended
  to be BPA.

  Ziplock bags are made of LDPE and contain neither phthalates nor BPA.

  Probably the biggest exposure you will get to BPA would be from cans
  of soda, beer and food, that almost always have a plastic liner in the
  inside, from your polycarbonate Nalgene bottle, and from handling the
  thermal paper receipts you get when you buy stuff in town.

  The clear PETE (polyethylene terephthalate) water bottles that most
  people seem to use now contain phthalates, and may leach more when
  they are exposed to the sun, or bounced around causing small hairline
  fractures

  I suppose you could carry your water in glass bottles.
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