February 11, 2012

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Plastic Bottle Scare

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Written by Champ Clark A lot of energy and resources are used to bring you bottled water. The quality of that water isn’t monitored or regulated much more than what comes out of your tap at home. Cost-wise, 16 ounces of bottled water costs the equivalent of $7 a gallon. By getting a reusable water bottle you will introduce fewer plastic bottles into the world, reduce the number of fuel-burning truck trips carrying bottled water, and keep the 80 percent that’s not recycled from ever seeing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conscious Health, Family Health, Green Living, Sustainability Tagged With: recycle, water bottle

A Closer Look At Bottled Water

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By Brittany Russell In terms of landfill growth and dollars being spent toward bottled water by consumers, one might ask: how big is my footprint? Eight out of ten plastic water bottles become landfill waste (creating 2 million tons of trash), and it can take 700 years before they only begin to decompose. Bottled water has sustained its position as a booming billion-dollar industry in the U.S. As early as 1767, the waters of Jackson’s Spa in Boston were bottled and sold to satisfy a rapidly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Factoids, Green Living Tagged With: green, water bottle

Beware of Phthalates

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By Frank Shallenberger, MD, HMD Phthalates:  Consider what you put on your child’s body & your own... Here’s a good parlor question: “Anyone know what a phthalate is?”  Three years ago, the answer would have been short. “What in the world are you talking about?”  Well like so many other new words we battle with, you might as well get used to this one. You’re going to be hearing a lot about phthalates in the years to come. Phthalates are a group of man-made chemicals that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conscious Health, Family Health, Health Alerts Tagged With: infants, kids, plastic, water bottle

Filtering The Debate: Tap or Bottled?

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By Matt Vandevert | Opponents of bottled water garnered lots of media attention this year in their effort to reduce plastic waste. Perhaps the most notable critics were the mayors of Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Chicago who demanded boycotts, bans, and taxes on bottled water. As a result many of us are now taking a second look at tap water. Though less glamorous than buying a bottle of Evian, drinking from the sink eliminates both plastic waste and the need for fuel-burning diesel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Green Living, Nutrition, Water Tagged With: Water, water bottle

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