[rajup]

> He began to explain I shouldn't re-use water bottles because it gets more BPAs in the water. I just said "thanks, I'm okay" and kept re-using the bottle. I also asked around, it was a common belief among the rest of the group.

Any reason to believe that is not the case? BPAs in plastic bottles are well known at this point. I guess I'm not understanding what this anecdote says about your feelings about Indonesia.

[stainablesteel]

It's true, you shouldn't. The plastic leaches off in multiple forms. Doing it a couple times won't really hurt you, but it's a bad long-term habit.