arthunter888
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Recently I was in quick need of a plastic drinking bottle for traveling with water. I found some that were quite old (6 months), and smelled really bad (bacteria/mold).
Some people have told me that plastic is porous and leaks certain chemicals into the water, but this is debatable and I don't know the absolute answer. I was wondering if it is safe to just sterilize it by shaking with rubbing alcohol and/or hydrogen peroxide? There's 2 questions about this.
1) Will the peroxide or rubbing alcohol be absorbed into the plastic, causing toxicity when drinking the water it will leak into?
2) Has the bacteria been absorbed into the plastic? If yes, then I assume the sterilizing agent won't clean this, but will the bacteria be leaked back out of the plastic into the drinking water?
Anything to add, please do. thanks
Some people have told me that plastic is porous and leaks certain chemicals into the water, but this is debatable and I don't know the absolute answer. I was wondering if it is safe to just sterilize it by shaking with rubbing alcohol and/or hydrogen peroxide? There's 2 questions about this.
1) Will the peroxide or rubbing alcohol be absorbed into the plastic, causing toxicity when drinking the water it will leak into?
2) Has the bacteria been absorbed into the plastic? If yes, then I assume the sterilizing agent won't clean this, but will the bacteria be leaked back out of the plastic into the drinking water?
Anything to add, please do. thanks