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These glass barrel jars come with a wire loop and wood handle for easy handling. The jars have a chrome lid and come in two sizes: 1 gallon or 2.5 gallon.
These containers are the toxic free way to store your flour, sugar, grains, cookies, candy, dried fruit or beans.
These containers are ideal [...]

I’m sure that by now most people are aware that BPA (bisphenol A) has been linked to reproductive disorders and some cancers.
So, a lot of people have switched to non-plastic water bottles in an effort to lessen their intake of this chemical.
Did you know, according to a recent study,
that a number of aluminum water bottles [...]

School is upon us, or will be.
Does this look familiar:
Sandwich in a baggie
juice box
plastic spoon
yogurt in in a plastic cup
How about this:
sandwich in a lunchbot
stainless steel bottle
stainless steel spoon
Yogurt in a metal container
Too much hassle you say? Make the kids clean their non-disposable items when they get home from school.

I know that in most parts of the country, it’s too hot to have a picnic. However, when it starts to get cooler, here are a few tips:
Use second-hand tableclothes or fabric to replace those plastic, throw-away ones from the supermarket. Use stainless steel water bottles, sandwich carriers and fabric napkins. Even [...]

I didn’t know that he had one. Anyway, in their latest report, they urged the President “to use the power of your office to remove the carcinogens and other toxins from our food, water, and air that needlessly increase health care costs, cripple our nation’s productivity, and devastate American lives.” Wow! Our old friend [...]

Actually, I’ve never really have given much thought to this. I just knew that stainless steel didn’t rust. That was good enough for me. Anyway, according to equitymaster.com, it is steel that has been alloyed with carbon, chromium and even other elements such as nickel, molybdenum, titanium, niobium, manganese, nitrogen, copper and [...]

Here are some interesting tips from the Frugal Traveler: On a road trip, always carry a metal water bottle that can be filled using drinking fountains at amusement parks, zoos, etc for free. Also, carry around one of those stainless steel refillable coffee mugs designed for the cup holder in your car. [...]

Just when you thought it was safe by tossing out all of your plastic food storage containers, bottles, etc; and buying healthyKitchenware Products to replace them, guess again! According to the EPA, Bisphenol-A (bpa) -”a reproductive, developmental and systemic toxicant” has shown up in cash register receipts! (I always thought that they smelled [...]

The federal government (Canadian, of course) declared bisphenol A a toxin today. This official declaration falls under the Canadian Enviromental Protection Act. Most of the big retailers (Sears Canada, Rexall Pharmacies and Hudson’s Bay Company just to name a few) have fallen in line and started to pull plastic products containing BPA off [...]

I’ve got to hand it the New Englanders. They don’t say much. But, they sure do a lot when it comes to recycling. In New Hampshire alone, recycling is about a $300 million industry, which employs about 5,000 people throughout the state. To get involved in recycling efforts in your area, [...]