Is it safe to drink a bottle of water after sitting in a hot car?

Industry and health experts are not on the same page.

We may be in the midst of the hottest month in recorded history, so it is more important than ever to stay hydrated.Is a bottle of water found on the floorboard of your car or left in your center console safe to drink after sitting in the sun for several hours or more?

Single-use water bottles are made from plastic.The International Agency for Research on Cancer considers antimony to be a carcinogen, but the FDA deems it safe in small amounts.

After leaving 16 different brands of bottled water in a car that reached 158 degrees for a month, a University of Florida study found that only one of them had levels above EPA regulations.

The lead author of the study warned against leaving bottled water in your car for a day or more for safety reasons.The International Bottled Water Association disagrees with the study's findings.

The consensus among the international regulatory agencies is that the current levels of exposure to BPA through food packaging does not pose a health risk, according to the IBWA.

A professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston agrees with Ma and her research team that people shouldn't store bottled water in places with a lot of heat.