Re: [RBW] Re: Copper bottles??

Umm, your water may taste like a penny? Seriously, though, the "benefits" listed on the Amazon product page are hogwash, snake oil, etc. It is quite classy looking, though! On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Beth H wrote: > And here's what it looks like over at Rivelo:

[RBW] Re: Copper bottles??

I'd still happily drink a moscow mule (or three) out of a copper cup: http://www.copper.org/consumers/arts/2007/august/Moscow_Mule.html On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 2:25:53 PM UTC-8, Peter Adler wrote: > > Why am I not surprised that a bike retailer in Portland is carrying copper > water

Re: [RBW] Re: Copper bottles??

I'm sure you'll find gold water bottles are even better. As for "unspecified health benefits," does anything make less sense than the reasoning behind homeopathy? And yet, look how popular it is. On 11/13/2015 05:25 PM, Peter Adler wrote: Why am I not surprised that a bike retailer in

[RBW] Re: Copper bottles??

On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 2:39:40 PM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > I'd still happily drink a moscow mule (or three) out of a copper cup: > > That mug is lined so the copper won't leach into the drink. Peter beat me to the PSA. I wouldn't put anything acidic in an unlined copper vessel,

[RBW] Re: Copper bottles??

And here's what it looks like over at Rivelo: http://www.rivelopdx.com/shop/copper-water-bottle Very pretty! Beth On Friday, November 13, 2015 at 12:23:41 PM UTC-8, Beth H wrote: > > Rivelo (Riv dealer in Portland) is carrying a water bottle made of copper. > It looks gorgeous. Does anyone know

[RBW] Re: Copper bottles??

Why am I not surprised that a bike retailer in Portland is carrying copper water bottles for large money, and spreading claptrap about unspecified health benefits? Has *Portlandia* become a documentary? Copper was one of the first metals used by humans, after gold. Neither of them were used

Re: [RBW] Re: Copper bottles??

Peter, Thanks for sharing the bit about Indian Childhood Cirrhosis. A little more digging and checking the citations shows that the link between the cirrhosis and the copper vessels isn't so clear. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9587155 Also, this is a neonatal disease and doesn't fully

[RBW] Re: Copper bottles??

Dear Peter, and Anyone Else, If it wasn't obvious, let me be more plain here: we're not making any health claims about copper bottles. They're just good looking, and work well as a water bottle. Big Diffy has been drinking out of one for a while now, and I've never seen a more healthy human.