Archive for June, 2009

You can restore the earth!

We can all help make the earth a better place. Plus it’s the circle of life, so you also get to enjoy the benefits of a cleaner world. What does your world look like?
This non profit organization offers easy simple ideas to make your mark!
Check out the video.

Plastic Bottles

It seems like our neighbors to the north are way ahead of us in many aspects. For example, in Orillia, Ontario they’re having a folk music festival. They’re using between 10,000 and 30,000 litres of filtered municipal water, depending on weather conditions. Guess what? One can buy a stainless steel water [...]

Harvard Study sees increase in urinary BPA.

So, even if you have a cold one in a plastic bottle, BPA still leaches through. What happens if you heat up a plastic baby bottle? A number studies have shown that it may be most harmful in the stages of early development. BPA
acts as an endocrine-disruptor. It messes with a whole [...]

Case of chemophobia?

I’m glad to know that there is no serious health risk to children or adults from Bisphenol A, or BPA. I’m so relieved! Apparently, Health Canada just “over reacted” from pressure brought about by a bunch of “fanatics”. I’ll sleep better tonight!
Since BPA seems to be in everything from soup [...]

The Endocrine Society & You

Talk about cruelty to animals! Those poor mice! I wonder what the members of the Endocrine Society like to do in their spare time. Maybe, pull the wings off flies?
(By the way, endocrine, according to the dictionary, is synonymous with hormones, tumors or anything that secretes internally, by way of the bloodstream).
The [...]

BPA is getting a bad rap again.

Bisphenol A, a chemical used in canned food, plastics, etc is getting a bad rap again. This is according to a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
One of the plans that the chemical lobbyists dreamed up was to have a pregnant woman talk about the chemical’s benefits and be their spokeswoman.
(I’m wondering if [...]

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Celebrate: 66% Less Plastic Bags in China

A year old ban on plastic bags in China has resulted in a 66% reduction in usage!
According to Paul Hodges Wal-Mart China is using 80% less plastic bags. Here is he the complete article.
Maybe we could do something similar here. The city of San Francisco is already doing something similar.