Are BPA-Free Plastic Water Bottles Really Safer For Your Health? | Talking Point | Full Episode

Endocrine disruptors are everywhere, and i think it's important to think of total exposure, the fire retardants on your mattress, the treatment on your carpets that you're kicking up particles of and breathing daily, the crap in your shampoo bottles and body soaps etc the packing of your food, then there's microplastics, polyester clothing (particles found it tapwater basically everywhere now) your toothbrush, literally rubbing it into your gum line.

Tritan shares price suddenly go up😅

Please do a video on PET(Polyethylene Terephthalate) plastic.

This reminds me of a Kopitiam Chain's stall offering hot desserts like red-bean soup. I have seen them transport hot red-bean soup in huge soft plastic bags, pour them into metal tubs and it's ready to serve when customers come.

Every episode of Steve Chia's Talking Point is down to earth and informative, very relevant to us common folks in Singapore!

I don't doubt there are toxins in supposedly safe plastic bottles, especially when heat is applied, but I've always leery much more of people drinking hot coffee from styrene and polystyrene cups. AKA styrofoam. There is no way that's safe and they've been doing it for over 50 years.

can you make video on stainless steel 201 vs 304 as food grade. effect of long term usage of stainless steel . they do have nickel and chromium in less amount , but what will be its effect on long term usage.

Have always suspected the disposable containers used by hawkers to pack the hot soup is a risk. Also, have seen some hawkers use PVC pails in the preparation of their hot soup stock. Talking Point should investigate on the widel use of plastic containers for our take away food.

BPA, BPS, etc. are all BS. Plastics contain fossil fuels. It really cannot be that safe.

another great video updates to help us understand various problem that impacts our lives. Great job by the CNA insider team and Steven the host.

Very informative Video

What about Plastic Lunch Box Used in Microwave Oven , is it safe ?

Suggest CNA to look into stainless steel, in terms of food safety, thank you.

Basically, most packaging material, especially plastic bag, in hawker centers, drink packaging etc, are cancerous.

can cna do an episode on safety of teflon(PTFE) cookware episode?

Probably paid by Triton....huh!

Does anyone knows what our pipes are made of?

Styrofoams too… are unsafe. Please cover that, as well as Third-hand smoke. Banning such plastics should be Singapore’s concern now. Who’s with me?

No !! period 😁

We have a very strong eating out culture, the elephant in the room is therefore in the food services. Just go to any hawker centre and you'll see plastic ware being used as cooking ware. For example, plastic pails are used to transfer hot soup. I'm not surprised that such practices are even more common in those behind the scenes food factories.

Thank you for sending the findings to the Authorities. May we get clear guidance from them on the concern.

Dont wear clothes

SFA is not doing enough to protect Singaporeans' health. They allow food stalls to use styrofoam boxes to do takeaways. They rather allow the usage of toxic materials for Singaporean consumption than face backlash from public and businesses who want to save very minute costs.

Tritan bottles sales going up up up on lazada and shopee 😂

How abt mineral water bottles. Do they leach too ?

Stainless steel and glass have always been the best because they last! Plastics are porous. After some months of usage, it absorbs the flavors of everything and you can never wash it off. Then buy a new one. What a waste of money

Every single aluminum can is lined with plastic containing BPA. There are NO EXCEPTIONS for what liquid is in them.

I'm guessing the same goes for microwavable containers we use for takeaways.

After reading the book "it starts with the egg" and the wish to reduce plastic especially in food-related usage, this video confirms, that making the switch to glass, stainless steel, bamboo, wood etc. is the better choice. While it is almost impossible to completely ban plastic from one's life, it feels good to switch to items that will also last longer than plastic items. A very interesting episode!

Wow! Another great work by the PAP govt. Fantastic! ❤❤

Easy solution: for home use, choose a glass bottle with a metal lid. For outside use, choose a steel bottle (or titanium if weight matters).

Nicely done Steve!

What if the bottles are filled with cold drinks like cold water or cold carbonated drinks like coke or isotonic drinks?

Steven and doctor have very similar voices

Good 👍🏻

I’ve always preferred stainless steel bottles. Glad to hear that it is a lot safer than plastic bottles in general.

So like ... was this video sponsored by Nalgene? lol ...

Aiyo. Since check Tritan, why never check PPSU for bisphenols? Talking Point can go interview Hegen. Hengen changed their baby bottles from Tritan to PPSU. What was their rationale? Is PPSU safer?

Appreciate if team could research on Styrofoam! Are they really safe for us to "Dabao" aka pack hot cooked food? Cos there are times when hot soup or porridge been poured inside the Styrofoam bowl.... it somehow tasted like Styrofoam. So is some cooked food too.

Just go back to glass if one want to be truely plastic free

Getting rid of Made in China 🇨🇳 products can also save the earth,
- and protect democracy.

I prefer glass bottles....last longer...plus you can continuously wash them out

Always feel no one is paying much attention to this plastic bottle issue for a long long time. I truly believe this is the main culprit in low fertility all over the world. The fertility around countries is dropping at alarming speed and yet know one bothers much to about the things we used daily. I think just 1-2 more generations down the road, we will all have test tube babies and natural birth is something really rare if nothing is done right.

Thank you, already placed order Thermos for all my family members.

Then what about the result for the non plastic ? Glass and metal that are also tested in the TV program. Are there safer ? Since it is of health concern, can CNA share the findings.

Just to FYI, the current science says BPA is a cause for concern but there is no ironclad evidence that it will cause this that or the other.
In essence without concrete evidence, consider it as a potential cause but not an actual cause.