Can the mold from a water bottle harm you?

[gnat23]

So...what's the verdict? Are Nalgene bottles safe?

It's funny, but I was looking up something for work (on whether polystyrene leaches in sodium hydroxide... hrm), but came across a lot of documentation about Nalgene that I mentally filed for later use.

What I remember is that Nalgene is great for regular use. It doesn't leach anything so long as you don't take it to any extreme, like:
- Freeze it with stuff inside
- Heat/boil it
- Leave stuff in there too long (i.e., several days)

If all you're doing is filling it and drinking out of it, it's fine.

-- gnat!