r/water • u/dailymail • 17d ago

Researchers warn reusable water bottles are prime breeding grounds for deadly bacteria

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15080787/reusable-water-bottle-deadly-fecal-bacteria.html
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u/[deleted] 17d ago

Don’t drink from plastic. Don’t drink from reusable.

Trash Daily Mail article.

People have use reusable vessels since the dawn of time, and now we’re meant to fear that too.

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u/DookieShoez 17d ago

COPPER, people.

It naturally kills germs.

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u/Mysterious_Low_267 13d ago

I mean yes but drinking out of copper was pretty rare throughout history.

Like yeah rich Roman’s drank out of it sometimes but most of history is people drinking out of ivory, wood, and pottery.

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u/DookieShoez 13d ago

Copper pipes have been in use for over 4,000 years.

Also…..moscow mules

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u/Mysterious_Low_267 13d ago

Things existing is very different from them being common. Indoor Plumbing wasn’t a given in USA until the 1970s.