Do you fill your plastic bottle when it is empty? When you drink from a plastic bottle that you have reused many times, you are drinking germs.
Fill the bottle, danger to health
The specialists say it. The more times you fill your bottle, the more chances that the plastic will crack, which forms ideal spaces for the deposit of viruses, bacteria and fungi.
As if that were not enough, the cracks in the plastic are often not visible. Germs, invisible to the human eye, also live in cracks that we can not perceive. That is why it is important not to be guided only by what we see, but by the results obtained by the specialists.
In the study, the specialists found that the reused bottles of athletes contained more than 300,000 colony-forming units per square centimeter, a much smaller number than the nearly 3,000 units found in pet toys or nearly 50,000 units found in dog and cat food bowls.
How to stay safe
Do not reuse bottles more than 1 time.
In the case of reuse, disinfect them.
Do not fill them with hot drinks (they will make the plastic release harmful chemicals).
Buy reusable bottles of more reliable materials (stainless steel is a good option).
Take basic hygiene measures, such as washing hands when interacting with germ-bearing objects.
Who would have said that a practice as common and habitual as filling a bottle could be so dangerous to health? The good thing, in this case, is to be warned to take precautions.