My water bottle was slowly killing me

Miss, I've problems of my own.

you're a slob

Cleaning a water bottle--this escaped you how?

You know I have a similar problem with my water cup at home. And I've only ever experienced this at my apartment (which I've lived in since early 2020). It will even stand completely dry for a day or so sometimes, but eventually, if i leave some water in it and don't scrub it out after a week, it will develop mold at the bottom.

It's bizarre. I've never had that happen before anywhere else I live.

My OP mentions TWICE that I wash them everyday, cunt.

What did you have in it, OP?

Water, r6. I went and bought a couple of clear plastic water bottles with simple tops as replacements. At least with these I can see the mold before it starts to poison me. I've bought some water bottle cleaner tabs and I'm going to make a last-ditch effort to clean the stainless steel ones (an overnight soak in vinegar and boiling water didn't shifted the mold at all). But even if the cleaner tabs work, I can't stop thinking about that black mold. It was SOOOO gross! I KNOW it was what was making me feel ill.

This is why I only drink water sold in disposable plastic bottles. Even with inflation, I recent only paid $6.98 for 32 16.9oz bottles. On the other hand, the artificially sweetened drink packets I use with them have gone through the roof in price due to price gouging. Still, the disposable plastic bottles are the way to go.

OP, if there mold in there, you are NOT washing the shit. Throw it out ASAP. Do not clean it, toss it out and buy a stainless steel water bottle asap. And CLEAN THIS ONE!

(I don’t want you to die, even though you’re daft and slovenly)

Do you feel better now, OP?

You have a blow dryer? Blast items with hot air after you wash them. Also put a little Clorox in the dishwater when you wash your water bottles. Poor OP drinking mold and mildew! You have averted your sad last days!

The moldy water bottles ARE stainless steel! Like the one in the picture in the OP, r9.

I am starting to feel better. This is my first day of mold-free water. I'm one of those people who drinks water 24 hours a day, so I've basically been marinating in mold for weeks, if not months!

🎵 My aqua jug was killin’ me 🎵

“ because I am so careful about washing them every day.”

Obviously not

R14, I tried the best I could. 😭

[quote]I'm one of those people who drinks water 24 hours a day

And yet, you find time to come post here...

You have to use bleach to kill black mold.

R17, is it worth trying to kill it in my stainless steel bottles? I bought these tablets off Amazon. Those won't work?

OP's pussy stinks too, but she doesn't know why.

WARSH YOUR ASS, bitch!

You need to use clear bottles like me.

I also eat a tuna sandwich for lunch every day. Make it in the morning before I go to work, then bring with and eat it at about twelve. Started feeling unwell and couldn’t figure out why.

Then I noticed it — my tuna sandwich was positively covered with rat turds! I mean, hundreds of them! I don’t understand it. I didn’t notice before because I use pumpernickel for my sandwiches.

I'm a Darwinist...so YAY!

OP if you’ve been drinking black mold, you should be dead within a week to ten days.

I drink out of a large glass at home and at work.

Not sure why people need to drink out of adult sippy cups.

Also, since DLers are vain, you're probably creating smoker's lines around your mouth by using that straw.

[quote] Not sure why people need to drink out of adult sippy cups.

Because I have a life that requires me to move from place to place during the day. I get thirsty-- and I am not a camel -- so I need an easy way to carry my water with me.

[quote] You need to use clear bottles like me.

I went out and bought two yesterday.

Another option, OP.

Clean with white vinegar and baking soda

[quote]This is why I only drink water sold in disposable plastic bottles.

NIH researchers found that, on average, a liter of bottled water included about 240,000 tiny pieces of plastic. About 90% of these plastic fragments were nanoplastics.

"A study of more than 200 people undergoing surgery found that nearly 60% had microplastics or even smaller nanoplastics in a main artery1. Those who did were 4.5 times more likely to experience a heart attack, a stroke or death in the approximately 34 months after the surgery than were those whose arteries were plastic-free."

Is there any way to expedite things. It's taking too long.

OP, The NYTimes has you covered, you dingus.

[quote]Also, since DLers are vain, you're probably creating smoker's lines around your mouth by using that straw.

It's not like we've never sucked on anything else.

[quote] This is why I only drink water sold in disposable plastic bottles.

Pretty sad.

This is why I only drink vodka.

Gross, drink from a glass next

My bottle cleaning tablets and brushes arrived today. I gave everything a good, hot scrub. But I'm still so grossed out, I don't know if I'll ever be able to use them again. 🤢

For crissakes. Wash the cap with a microfibre cloth, soap, and bleach solution. Wash the stainless steal with a couple drops of stainsteel/kitchen sink - scouring cream, then rinse well. How do you make it through life so ignorant and helpless?

[quote]My water bottle was slowly killing me

I'll try to speed it up.

Mother, Jugs & Mold.

[quote]Wash the stainless steal with a couple drops of stainsteel/kitchen sink - scouring cream, then rinse well. How do you make it through life so ignorant and helpless?

How do you make it through life without the ability to spell simple words?

Killing me softly, with BPA.

I have a zero-water filtered pitcher. I change the filter every couple of months. It's just water, and allegedly pure water, so I don't run the pitcher itself through the dishwasher or anything.

Well. Maybe I should. This last time I decided to just wipe away the (clear plastic) pitcher insides with a paper towel after changing the filter. And the paper towel came away BLACK. There was a thin black film all over the inside of the pitcher!

EWWWW!

Needless to say I thoroughly handwashed the thing immediately.

I wonder if that's why I've been feeling so low-energy and "on the verge of being ill without ever actually getting sick" the last MONTH.

For sanitary reason I always put a splash of vodka in mine.

You are all filthy stupid pigs. How can you never wash your filtered water pitcher? The mind boggles.

And lazy, too. Filthy lazy stupid pigs.

R44, it's only ever in contact with filtered water!!!

You still have to wash it out and scrub the sides of the pitcher with a sponge. Geez. Why is that so hard to believe.

It might be a bio-film, not mold. That’s what grows in bathroom drains.

Sponges never "clean" anything. They just spread bacteria around.

I only use the wide-mouth, screw top cap flasks. No straw tops with nooks and crannies you cant even see.

[quote] On the other hand, the artificially sweetened drink packets I use with them

r8 You sweeten your water? Why?

OK, sponge, plus soap, plus water

I have a stainless steel Nissan thermos that is almost 22 years old. I’ve used it intermittently, but it still works as advertised. The weakening part now is the screw cap as it is just plastic and silicone seals.

If it wasn’t for the cap, I think the thermos would last forever. Stainless steel doesn’t leech chemicals into liquid and is pretty easily cleaned.

The more you know

[quote] It might be a bio-film, not mold. That’s what grows in bathroom drains.

I think you're right. There were black spots but also a gray-ish film all over the inside of the bottles. I haven't had a headache since Thursday, when I discovered this disgusting problem.

Considering you're probably an ass munching feces eating gay, why worry about a little mold?

I learned from my mom that if you really want to sterilize something, you have to first wash it with soap and water, and then boil it in hot water.

I put all those reusable water bottles and their straws in the dishwasher, it seems to work fine.

Tumbler style cups seem to have less nasty shit in them

[quote] I learned from my mom that if you really want to sterilize something, you have to first wash it with soap and water, and then boil it in hot water.

How sweet! What did you and Ma jar or can together? Preserves? Pickles? Bean salad?

Enjoy.

I just wash and refill my Dasani liter bottles. They fit my hand perfectly and I need a big strong plastic bottle. I keep them filled from a big Brita also in fridge. Those little crinkly plastic ones of less than a liter are ridic.

Scrub with Brillo and soak in bleach and water.

Inside of lids is where mold usually starts. If your lids have silicone rings, take them out and soak them with the lids: 2 tablespoons of bleach in 2 cups of water for 10 minutes. Use a bottle brush to scrub away any residue. Rinse, air dry and reassemble.

Bleach damages stainless steel, but is fine for plastic and glass bottles. Fill your bottle with cool water, using the same Tbsp bleach to H2O ratio and let it sit in your bottle for 10 minutes.

For stainless steel, most people use the baking soda tabs, but you should google to see if that kills off any remaining mold spores. Stainless steel bottle manufacturers probably have directions on their websites.

This is so weird cuz I was getting out an old growler thus morning that I was thinking I could use to keep cold water in the fridge and I was wondering if I could use bleach on glass and then there's this post letting me know it's all right.

Helpful Hints from Heloise.

And it wasn't even a Stanley, so you are both unsanitary and unfashionable. Eww.

:screech:

Black mould is dangerous when inhaled, not really a problem when ingested in such small quantities. OP is just being a hysterical hypochondriac.

What started this trend of water bottles? Water bottles EVERYWHERE. Why do Americans need to drink so much goddamned water?

I drink at meals and when working out. I don't have a need to schlep a water bottle around with me throughout my day. Americans never used to do this, and yet somehow, they weren't collapsing all the time from dehydration.

R70 Because public water fountains used to be everywhere. In the supermarket (not any more). Town Hall, library, schools. Outdoors there were public drinking fountains everywhere - parks, athletic fields, tennis courts. Many of them went away around the '80s, never to return. That's why.

^Water is a big business (water bottles, bottled water). They want you to buy water and related products. Not give it to you for nothing.

[quote] Clean with white vinegar and baking soda

Terrible advice.

R70 = Andy Rooney

You're soaking in it!

r74 I'll admit, I miss Andy.