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Since plastic is made from gasoline, I want to know if you leave a bottle of 
water in the car and the temperature in the car gets to 120 degrees are 
there traces of gasoline or like chemicals leaked into the drinking water
from the plastic?

Hi Catherine

Thank you for writing in.

Plastic is not made from gasoline.  It is made from crude oil.  Basically,
crude oil has many parts that make it up.  Gasoline, diesel and other
fuels are part of it, but so are plastics.  They put the crude oil in a
device called a "fractional distiller" and by heating it to different
temperatures, extract the different materials that make up the oils.

I am not 100% sure if storing water bottles in a hot car will leach out
any organic carbons to any detrimental levels - I do know that BPA
leaching is a concern with some but not all plastics.  Have a look at this
article, it might help you:

http://trusted.md/blog/vreni_gurd/2007/03/29/plastic_water_bottles#axzz0oEbs4f9L

I hope that helps.

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