Healthy News

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 [...]

Can’t we trust the Swiss anymore? I mean Swiss banks over US banks any day. But eco-chic water bottles? It seems like the SIGG controversy is still alive and well on social networks. I wonder if CEO Steve Wasik has an account on Twitter? Before you go down to the post [...]

If you own a bottle and are truly concerned about it affecting you or your family’s health, I’ve got some good news for you!
According to ecorazzi, you can take those “BPA-Tainted, Soulless SIGG Bottles” Back To Major Retailers! (You might want to try Whole Foods first). Mailing those bottles back to SIGG for [...]

There’s still a lot of traffic on twitter and other social networking sites about SIGG water bottles containing BPA. Personally, like I stated before in another blog, If I had one of their bottles, I wouldn’t throw it out. They’re really expensive anyway.
I read a good article written by our neighbors [...]

If I owned a SIGG water bottle, I don’t think that I would throw it out or send it back. (By the way, that’s on your dime). Really, it seems as though BPA is everywhere. Do you have any cans in your pantry? Guess what. The lining inside the can [...]

Wow, this article from the Pasadena Star News made me think of all of those plastic canteens that we used in the army on various “camping trips”. I wonder what else besides BPA leaked from those.
Question: I have recently been told that water bottles and other types of plastic containers release toxic [...]

According to a study done at Peperdine University, participants drank up to 24% more water with a reusable water bottle than a plastic, disposable type. Since most Americans are running around in a dehydrated state anyway, why not use a reusable water bottle and drink more water without even thinking about it. [...]

With all the news about BPA and the green movement towards a healthier environment and less plastic, everyone is talking about stainless steel. Especially for water bottles and for lunch box containers. But is it is really healthier? Better for the environment?
Stainless steel is definitely better for the environment. According to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]