<p>I accidentally left a beverage contained in a plastic bottle in my trunk for a few days, where it was subjected to a tremendous amount of heat from my car sitting outside in the sun. The beverage was originally contained in glass. I moved the beverage in question to the refrigerator now, but I was wondering if there would be any risks from drinking a beverage contained in plastic that had been left in the heat for an extended period of time.</p>
<p>Depends what it is. I've found that pop, water, gatorade, etc. tend to be alright if you let them cool for a day or so. </p>
<p>Milk or anything else with a short-term expiration? No.</p>
<p>what kind of alcohol was it?</p>
<p>Only if reheated and shaken first.</p>
<p>Let us know how it went from the emergency room!</p>
<p>That reminds me. A long time ago it was hot out and the cheese in my sandwich (which wasn't heated previously) melted and my mom told me that it wasn't safe to eat. Why would that be, anyway? Wouldn't it be just like a grilled-cheese sandwich?</p>
<p>Was it Skyy or Smirnoff?</p>
<p>To the grilled-cheese sandwich question, I think it wouldn't be, because a grilled-cheese sandwich is very quickly cooked, without being exposed to a lot of bacteria and heat in general (i.e., doesn't serve as a breeding ground for long), while the one left in a car or outside does. </p>
<p>Correct me if I'm using dubious science. I'm a humanities guy.</p>
<p>kaznack, i think that is most probable. but usually for alcohol, if you open the bottle and not store it in refrigerator it will taste really horrible. anything else is okay. if its soda let it cool down so it doesnt explode in your face.</p>
<p>I eat sandwiches with cheese that has melted due to heat and nothing has ever happened to me. In fact, cheese melts on almost every sandwich here, at least every homemade sandwich.</p>
<p>Definitely not. Liquids in plastic bottles left in extreme heat are not safe to drink. The dioxin from the plastic leaches out into the liquid. Likewise with freezing plastic.</p>
<p>Is that what happens with the Nalgene bottles? Or is that another chemical?</p>
<p>i would not drink it. only if extremely desperate and dehydrated and cheap, i'd take a sip. and even then, it may not be worth it.</p>
<p>Whether its safe or not, why would you want to?</p>
<p>Even if it were safe, it would still taste horrible, unless it's water. Soda would be flat... I'm not sure how alcohol would survive.</p>
<p>we don't waste that s.hit!</p>
<p>yeaa leah. i would usually give it to my friends and id open another one for me and the ladies.</p>
<p>Google "Xenoestrogens" and "reusing water bottles". High temperatures could cause a release of them.</p>
<p>what doesn't kill you...</p>