The Nalgene Bottle, My Hot New Gym Accessory : By Morgan

I got myself another treat today! I ordered a workout water bottle for me and my workout buddy from REI. This is a Nalgene brand bottle. You can purchase them on amazon, ebay, at the Nalgene website (just google nalgene) or where I got mine at REI. You can also find quite a few sites where you can buy nalgene bottles with PayPal. I ordered mine from REI only because I thought they were the cutest with the little tree silhouettes. I got a pink one for me and blue one for my workout buddy Zuri. I am very excited. I used to carry one all throughout  high school and college. These are the wide mouth variety which I love because they are easier to clean and because you can fit ice in them. They are very durable, will pretty much last through any trauma, plus they are BPA free. If you don't know what PBA is it's a chemical used to make plastic. There is PBA in the water bottles you buy your water in at the grocery store. PBA isn't extremely harmful but can be. It's outlawed in most developed countries, but is still used in the USA and heavily monitored by the food and drug administration. The reason why it's better to go PBA free is because whenever your water bottle gets hot it leeches this plastic chemical into your water and you consume it. So if you reuse a water bottle, which I used to do, your probably drinking chemical. If you've ever microwaved anything in plastic, your probably eating chemicals. After a while, in large enough does, over the course of a lifetime these chemicals can cause cancer. So get a PBA free water bottle, and buy a Brita Filter too. It's something little you could do for the environment that will make a big difference in the long run! Plus Nalgene bottles are a fashionable accessory. What do you think?

Nalgene bottle purchased at REI.com