I’m always surprised by how few people recycle. I actually know a person who drinks bottled water daily and doesn’t recycle. Curbside recycling is an option in her area. ?!?!?!?
There is an east coast company called RecycleBank, the 4-year old brain child of two high schoolers, that pays Americans to recycle. Households get 2.5 points [...]
Filed under: Environment on September 30th, 2008 | No Comments »
I don’t want to get into politics too much on this blog. But I do think it’s important to know where Obama and McCain stand on health and environment issues. Please see the following links for some info.
Environment:
http://www.greenpieceblog.com/2008/02/obama-vs-mccain-on-environment.html
http://www.arnoldporter.com/public_document.cfm?id=13426&key=23G2
http://www.observer.com/2008/obama-vs-mccain-environment-opening-bell
Health:
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/triage/2008/09/candidates-heal.html
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/sep/08091905.html
I think it’s important to note that McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin does not agree with him on [...]
Filed under: Environment on September 28th, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s best to avoid cans when possible, but I know as well as any how hard that is. A lot of our winter recipes (stew, chili, etc.) require canned tomatoes. I haven’t found a way around it, except to jar my own tomatoes each summer, and I just haven’t been able to do that. For [...]
Filed under: BPA, Chemicals, Food and Nutrition on September 26th, 2008 | No Comments »
One week from today, on Sept 30, a federal law takes place that will require certain foods, like meat and produce, to be labeled with their country of origin. Processed foods will not be labeled. This is a great way for you to know where your food comes and to support more locally grown and [...]
Filed under: Food and Nutrition on September 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
When I was a little girl, my father walked to work. We lived between one and two miles from his office, which happened to be up a pretty sizable hill. Every day–snow, rain, or shine–my father hiked up that hill to his job. He also worked out in addition to this, taking classes at the [...]
Filed under: Children, Exercise on September 20th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The FDA met yesterday to reexamine the safety of BPA in consumer products like canned goods, baby bottles, and sippy cups and concluded, yet again, that BPA is safe. The same day, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study that found higher BPA concentrations in the urine of 1455 adults to be [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Children, Plastic on September 17th, 2008 | No Comments »
I recently checked out Big Green Purse from the library because it had good reviews on Amazon. When I picked up the book, I skimmed the Index and saw that, not surprisingly, it followed the typical formula of most other “green” books out there–a chapter on personal-care products, one on food, one for cleaning products, [...]
Filed under: Book recommendation, Environment on September 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Recently, there have been a few articles in the press about granite countertops emitting radon. Radon is a radioactive gas that is released from the natural stone when the uranium in it decays. But would this be enough radon to harm the health of the people living in a home with granite countertops? Radon is [...]
Filed under: Air quality on September 11th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The saga of BPA continues…
For those of you not up to speed on BPA, here’s a quick recap. In the U.S., 7 billion pounds of BPA are produced annually. Since 2004, we have known that detectable levels of BPA are found in the blood of 93% of Americans over age 6. In April of this [...]
Filed under: BPA, Chemicals, Children, Plastic on September 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There was a nice video clip on NBC’s Today show last week that discussed some concerns with brominated flame retardant chemicals called PBDEs. These chemicals cover many household products in an attempt to keep you safe from fires, but the chemicals are turning up in our blood and more worrisome, in the blood of our [...]
Filed under: Chemicals, Children, PBDEs on September 7th, 2008 | No Comments »