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Salon points out that "BPA can leach into liquids and may pose health risks. BPA is classified as an endocrine disruptor and in scientific studies, even small amounts of BPA have been shown to seriously impair the hormone, brain and reproductive function of some animals." While many feel misled by the company, the CEO said (in his apology, which also offers an exchange) that the bottles were never marketed as "BPA Free." Author Nena Baker accused Sigg of "greenwashing," saying they "rode a wave of growing concerns about BPA, selling lot after lot of its products to people who believed they were reducing the risk of exposure to BPA by switching from reusable polycarbonate plastic drinking bottles."
Our very own John Del Signore has been drinking from a Sigg bottle every day for a year now, and as you can see from this photograph he's blissfully unaware of the damage it's doing. We've sent off an email to W.A.S.T.E., who still has the very same bottle for sale online. Reached for comment, Del Siggnore declared, "They'll have to pry my Radiohead Sigg bottle from my cold, dead hands."
UPDATE: A representative from Radiohead's merchandise company, W.A.S.T.E. sent us this: "Thank you for your email - we have been made aware that these bottles have been tested and do contain 0% of the BPA leach - please do worry." But according to Sigg's website, the lining of this Radiohead bottle looks exactly like the carcinogenic BPA copper lining! We're not scaremongering, this is really happening. Also, please do worry? That's you, isn't it, Thom?
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I use Kleen Kanteen bottles myself. I switched a while back after Sigg kept stonewalling and not saying what was in their liner.
Sigg may not have every said they were specifically BPA-free but they certainly lied by omission by not disclosing what was in their liners for so long.
This pisses me off. SIGG definitely rode the "We're not Nalgene Plastic" wave when it was discovered that BPA were in those bottles. I have two bottles that I've used for the last 5 years with that old BPA liner. Farkin' great.
such is fad.
drinking from a glass or an American handmade ceramic vessel is best. it's not like you need your cup to be made from hardcore materials when your sitting on your fanny in the office.
bingo, we have a winner!
Seriously, just use a glass.
20 years ago, no one carried a water bottle -- and yet they all survived. Go figure.
G L A S S
Yeah, all you Clever McCleversons, when you can put an open glass of water in a backpack, please do let me know. Schmucks.
REUSE THE PELLEGRINO B O T T L E
But do they make a Radiohead one?
That would be Jonny Greenwood to you.
woohoo, JDS is pretty cute.
I don't know what I thought he looked like, but that's not it :)
That's what i was thinking too!! woot woo JDS ;-)
bottles made prior to 08/08? that's a lot of bottles out there.
omfg!!! what are we going to do now????????
i have 2 of those fucking radiohead poison bottles...
That's hilarious, I know JDS and didn't even know it, never knew his last name!
Ugh, I just got one of those.
Did you travel back in time to pre August 2008?
Sort of, it was from a discount store (TJ Maxx?)...
Luckily, it's not that old and they have a page to let you figure out which one you have.
Headline should have been... Sigg Fail.
whoa. I always thought John Del Signore was a twenty something hipster the way he wrote. Turns out he's a fourty something hipster.
If you bought one on 08/08/08, are you lucky?
I think they need to add one more warning about BPA based on JDS's writings and his Sigg habit. "May cause uncontrolled snarkiness."
Damn, my bottle only contains vodka.
I'd hit it.
Solution-
Buy a steel bottle and you're guaranteed BPA, phthalate, and lead free.
Aluminum has to be lined. 18/8 steel (stainless steel) does not.
Sigg and Klean Kanteen both make steel bottles.
OK sure, Sigg withheld information that would have impacted their sales, and you want to reduce your exposure to BPA because there's a chance it could be harmful.
But seriously folks, take a deep breath and consider yourselves lucky that you have access to clean water. Some people have real problems.
GO CHECK OUT THIS COMPANY AND PRODUCT. my-botl.com
These guys have a great product, stainless steel. Great designs as well.
Very sad what Sigg did.
my-botl.com
Can be bought in France for 16,50€ : http://www.maceria.com/shop/product/SIGG-Keith-Haring-0-6-l-aluminium-transparent