FDA says plastic bottles safe for chemicals

[Uncle Jesse]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/08/15/national/a132841D62.DTL&tsp=1

[trthskr4]

Hmm, who do you trust here, the industries who make and use the stuff for profit or the folks who gave us Vioxx and the like? There's no mention of giving infants spirits in plastic bottles either so I wonder if they tested high abv alcohol in the study? By the way... just how do they know how much of a new or relatively new chemical is lethal? I don't know but I bet it's hard to get that guy to work each day or that day and even harder the next day.

I still wouldn't use plastics for my spirits especially based on this "finding".

[glassman]

would be nice to have a safe cheaper way to have bulk storage. SS and wood kegs are exspensive!!gman

[punkin]

would be nice to have a safe cheaper way to have bulk storage. SS and wood kegs are exspensive!!gman

The solution to that problem is described here in the Fire Extinguishers

[Uncle Jesse]

apparently bisphenol A is good for infants...

[HookLine]

Commenting on those studies in its 105-page assessment, the FDA said they had "inconsistencies and inadequacies which limit the interpretations of the findings."

As somebody who has read thousands of science papers, I can tell you exactly what that statement means:

'We don't really know yet.'

[trthskr4]

I've done some additional digging on this also since it hit yesturday and I too came to the conclusion that they aren't sure yet. That's why I said previously that I still wouldn't use it for likker.

[heynonny]

I've used used (!) vodka/gin/'booze' bottles which held 80 proof product, I havent had probs with 140 - 190 proof juice. However, several years ago I bought 2 cases of 750 ml flip top bottles of "Rieme" carbonated grapefruit juice from the "99" cent store just for the bottles (for home brew) the juice was so good I drank it all !! Clear glass was the main reason. grolsh & Fischers are too DARK for me. I put a gasket in some 190P alc for a couple of weeks and no off taste so thats my choice. Im low volume so they work for me heynonny

[StabbyJoe]

Being in New Zealand homebrew shops sell spirit bottles... I was shocked the other day when checking out a place online and it had a section called bottles with a subsection for spirit bottles... they had both clear glass and clear plastic spirit bottles.

Seems a bit wrong, doesn't it? I won't touch them, really...

[Uncle Jesse]

Being in New Zealand homebrew shops sell spirit bottles... I was shocked the other day when checking out a place online and it had a section called bottles with a subsection for spirit bottles... they had both clear glass and clear plastic spirit bottles.

Seems a bit wrong, doesn't it? I won't touch them, really...

I'd be curious exactly which type of plastic they use for those bottles...

[StabbyJoe]

Here is the site if you're interested to see for yourself. Minimal info on this particular product, however. Pretty much just says that they're plastic bottles for containing distilled spirits. But just in case you were curious, there it is.

[Bsnapshot]

Hear is another article on the subject..

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=790853