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What I did find in the article is what really causes leaching, and that is temperature.


Bingo! This is true for a lot of things (not all things), that solubility increases with increasing temp.

I find the gatorade bottles (and soda bottles) leach for a while longer than just the first load of liquid stored in them. I run them through 2 cycles of hot water/hot days in the car before I use them for drinking. Even then, on hot days I can still smell it and taste it a little until the bottle gets more heavily used. And, except when sick, I use these bottles a lot (5 to 6 day a week).

On a side note; there is a difference between a concentration below the detection limit and a "0 mg/L" concentration. There are compounds you can smell and taste before it will kick out as a measurable and quantifiable amount via chemical analysis. Interesting article though.

LoneStranger, you got my vote for the coolest avatar!! Great picture!