You've probably heard that you shouldn't leave a plastic water bottle in your car because

the heat will break down the plastic which will then leach into the water, which will

then poison you when you try to drink it.

This has been a very popular urban legend for a long time.

Today we're going to shine the light of skeptical inquiry onto this claim and see if it stands

up to science.

Take water bottles are coming up next, Unskeptoid.

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Will drinking from plastic bottles kill you?

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