Expires

[Snagg3r]

My mother, she likes to buy purified water. So I was eating cereal late tonight. I was hungry and a gallon of Poland Spring water was infront of me. Its human instinct to read something while you eat cereal. You can't help it. No one can. I was reading the bottle and I saw that the bottle of water had an expiration date on it. Shinkies wat da fak. Water? Expiring? Wah? Why!?

[narrator]

it's the plastic part, it decays into the water making it undrinkable

[Snagg3r]

I don't think thats it.

[Lamer Than Lame]

Yeah, I'm thinking it must get contaminated somehow over a certain period of time. Do some research if it's tugging at your brain. Make us learn!

[Avril*wannabe]

it's the plastic part, it decays into the water making it undrinkableYea, I think that's it. My mom said she heard that if you re-use plastic water bottles you should always change them frequently because the chemicals in the plastic are released and become harmful.

[Snagg3r]

"...someone asked why the company's bottle water has an expiration date. The answer explains that some states require all food and beverages, including bottled water, to state an expiration date on the label. The company says, "we feel that an average storage of two years will help ensure optimal quality." They go on to recommend that you store bottled water in a cool and dry environment, away from non-food products.

We turned to the MadSci Network (http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/aug2000/966882443.Ch.r.html) for more information. Answering the question of why bottled water has an expiration date, the site states that over time, the water picks up flavors from its packaging. These flavors, combined with warm storage temperatures, contribute to the "generation of musty tastes."

According to the International Bottled Water Association, the FDA has not established a shelf life for water, so you can store those bottles indefinitely. As long as the packaging is intact and unopened, you shouldn't need to worry about any type of bacteria or microorganisms growing in the water. If the bottle has been opened, however, it can grow bacteria and algae (http://www.fitresource.com/Nutritio/WaterQz.htm) if it is not consumed within 2 weeks. So while it doesn't appear that unopened bottles of water actually go "bad" in the sense that they would make you sick, they might not taste the greatest after several years of sitting on the shelf collecting dust."

There ya go. All my questions are answered.

[narrator]

then why ask us, you dolt?

[gwen-rox]

^he likes to hear his own voice.

According to the International Bottled Water Association

lol funny.

[Hels]

water get filttered and purrifed before getting bottled in order for us to drink (apparently0 when it is it put in a bottled and sealed the air left in the bottle condenses making it go off eventually. thats what i was told dont know if its true

[PunkyMalone]

^he likes to hear his own voice.


I'd say he likes to hear the sound of his own keyboard clicking as he types. Because, you know... he's not speaking.

Last night I got up at about 1:30AM to get a drink of water. Then I noticed there was mold in my cup. YUM.

[Dark Angel of Time]

Maybe it was a sell by date, I get that and expiration date confused sometimes.:sweatdrop

[Nightwind Hawk]

Sell by and Expiration are the same exact thing... you should add 7 days to them to get the true "DO NOT HAVE" date.

[Hels]

whatever.i think we all disagree!! hahahaha

[ToOnaiMiaK]

wait a sec... so if you drank green cordial, for like a year, in the same plastic bottle, thats cleand everyday, the plastic is gunna release chemicals into the cordial?

[gwen-rox]

Umm, I dunno, it think it depends on how long the water is left in the bottle for, like a year than it would taste funny, but becuase ur putting new cordial into it its like starting over again everyday.

[ToOnaiMiaK]

yea... but its starting to tast funny n i didnt no why till i read that^ lol