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I left a water bottle in the car for an hour. it's 85 degrees outside. is it safe to drink?

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Yes: Takes a number of hours for harmful bacteria to grow. As per Dr Pool very likely to be safe just quite warm. If in any doubt/not a bottle you prepared/opened safest is to get a new one.

Answered 6/21/2017

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