Tavosvo
Welcome to the CannaZone
Bit of back story, I'm doing dwc grow and just switched to RO. I went and bought a 5 gallon water jug from Walmart and have been using that. When I realized I'd need another jug to do top offs I remembered that I had one I used to use for rising off after surfing. So I found it, washed out good with bleach, rinsed and filled at the store. Didn't really think about it too much.
Couple days go by and I gotta use some of the water in the old jug. Open it up and figured I just give it a sniff to check for idk bleach maybe. Nope no bleach smell but FAK sure smells like plastic. Not new fresh kine, but kinda old, leaching chemicals into water kine.
This gets me thinking about whether or not I should use this water. Did some research about BPAs and phthalates. This shit aint no joke. Bisphenol-a is a environmental oestrogen, basically it is a chemical that mimics hormones. Supposedly affects reproductive organs. Phthalates are plastic softners; ever notice how old/reused water bottles become brittle? The phthalates leach into the water, and we drink that shit.
I'm already trying to phase plastics out of my life. Plastic bags and non biodegradables will quickly make our planet much less hospitable for humans. Now thinking that plastic bottles are bad for my nutsacks, I wonder about that smelly plastic bottle and what I'm feeding my ladyweed.
Now i have no idea whether or not BPAs can be absorbed by roots, deposited in bud tissues, and obviously smoked
, but it sure makes me think twice about that old water jug.
Ill even go as far as wonder what we use as pots for our plants. I can't imagine a plastic pot sitting in the sun for a even just a few months being better than a ceramic pot.
Ill be doing more research in the coming few days and ill try to add anything else I learn that seems pertinent. If anyone has any thoughts please share!
**
Not sure if this is the right thread for this but I figured people willing to go a bit deeper might peruse this section. Mods please feel free to move.
Couple days go by and I gotta use some of the water in the old jug. Open it up and figured I just give it a sniff to check for idk bleach maybe. Nope no bleach smell but FAK sure smells like plastic. Not new fresh kine, but kinda old, leaching chemicals into water kine.
This gets me thinking about whether or not I should use this water. Did some research about BPAs and phthalates. This shit aint no joke. Bisphenol-a is a environmental oestrogen, basically it is a chemical that mimics hormones. Supposedly affects reproductive organs. Phthalates are plastic softners; ever notice how old/reused water bottles become brittle? The phthalates leach into the water, and we drink that shit.
I'm already trying to phase plastics out of my life. Plastic bags and non biodegradables will quickly make our planet much less hospitable for humans. Now thinking that plastic bottles are bad for my nutsacks, I wonder about that smelly plastic bottle and what I'm feeding my ladyweed.
Now i have no idea whether or not BPAs can be absorbed by roots, deposited in bud tissues, and obviously smoked
, but it sure makes me think twice about that old water jug. Ill even go as far as wonder what we use as pots for our plants. I can't imagine a plastic pot sitting in the sun for a even just a few months being better than a ceramic pot.
Ill be doing more research in the coming few days and ill try to add anything else I learn that seems pertinent. If anyone has any thoughts please share!
**
Not sure if this is the right thread for this but I figured people willing to go a bit deeper might peruse this section. Mods please feel free to move.
