[APD] Re: Kiddie Pools

[Bill Wichers <billw at waveform_net>]

> I have used many different kinds of plastic garbage cans, over many, many 
> years. I have never observed a problem (other than leakage from a cheap 
> Rubbermaid) with any of them.
>
> All true plastics usually include some plasticizers, and they do get into 
> the water over a *very* long period of exposure. For that reason, I may 
> favor "food grade" tanks for long-term water storage, but am not too 
> fanatical about it.
>
> Of course, I have been known to take a drink from the hose, too. ;-)
>
> Wright

A lot of the rubbermaid tubs and garbage cans are actually FDA approved for 
use with food stuffs. I know the large commercial rubbermaid garbage cans 
with the wheeled dollys they sell for them make *excellent* water mixing 
and moving tanks and are reasonably cheap. I would stay away from the RED 
plastic containers though. Browsing through any of my plastics catalogs I 
find that in almost every case, all the colors of a given plastic container 
will be FDA approved EXCEPT FOR THE RED ONES. There is probably something 
toxic about the red pigment they use to color the plastic. I usually just 
use the white tubs and buckets myself simply because it is easier to see 
stuff you put in those.

        -Bill



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