Throw Away Those Plastic Bottles
Back in December I wrote about the plastic bottles containing bisphenol A and how they were threatening to our health.
Today Health Canada calls bisphenol A a dangerous and is taking steps to possibly ban it.
“Bisphenol A is in every Canadian home. It threatens the health of every Canadian. Moving against it would be a hugely significant victory for public health and the environment,” said Rick Smith, executive director of Environmental Defence, a group that has been campaigning for a ban on the chemical from food containers.Read the whole story and judge for yourself whether or not you want to keep your bottles...
Labels: Consumer Issues
posted by Rositta @ Tuesday, April 15, 2008
9 Comments:
I agree, but what do we do? It's everywhere. I buy my milk in cartons or glass now and only organic. It has a much better taste. Water bottles are easier to forgo. Soda in cans. But juices, at least here are still mostly in plastic. All "progress" and convenience seems to be 1 step forward, 2 steps back. Always.
Drinking water used to be so easy. Now it's very, very complicated.
Good Lord, not only do I personally and intentionally torture my husband, but now I am poisoning him.
They don't allow anything but water where he works. I am sure they would not allow paper cups on the line. Glass is a no no as well. I could let him dehydrate, or I could poison him.
There must be an alternative. . .I haven't checked your link out, but I shall.
The alternative to plastic would appear to be stainless steel water bottles, which I'm now going to get for my bedside. No more plastic...
I've already thrown out 6 of those bottles. Why do we have to find outhow dangerous everything is....after the fact?
At home we buy the huge plastic bottles of water for the water machine...and I'm not really sure its any different than tap water.
At the hospital here...the water is foggy......what are we supposed to drink?
I wish they would tell us what to do....we know what we shouldn't do.
I agree with Rudee, we need to take two steps back.
WE trew away all our Nalgene bottle due to the risk of hormonal changes.
The Ontario government has now labelled them as dangerous and the stores have removed them from the shelves, at least the baby stuff...
I just heard a news story on this. Will be following it closely. Thanks for info.
Good Morning! :)
I'm Rosalie from SolLight (www.sollight.com) and after reading your article, I just wanted to make a recommendation in case anyone is wondering what they can do with their old plastic bottle, instead of throwing it away.
Thank you! :) Have a great day,
Rosalie
DON'T THROW AWAY YOUR OLD POLYCARBONATE
WATER BOTTLE - TURN IT INTO A SOLAR LANTERN!
The last thing this planet needs is any more plastic in the landfills. But what do you do with your old polycarbonate water bottle (Nalgene or similar) that you don't want to use any more? Don't throw it away! With the incredibly handy LightCap200 you can turn your old (or new) bottle into the coolest home, deck, boat or camping lantern anywhere!
Just pull off the old cap and replace it with a safe, bright, environmentally-friendly solar-powered LED LightCap200 and you'll have light anywhere you want without wasteful batteries, dangerous, toxic fuel, or electric cords.
Put one on your picnic table, deck, out by the BBQ, kids playhouse, bedroom nightlight, car safety light, cockpit light on your boat, camper, tent or anywhere else. Simply fill your bottle with water (even colored water) for a safe lantern that won't run out of fuel or be a fire hazard. No candles to burn out, and when your bottle is filled with water it won't tip over if the wind comes up.
The built-in light sensor automatically turns the light on whenever it gets dark, and off when there's enough light for charging. Or you can click the water-tight switch and turn it off manually. It weights only 2.6oz and you can even use it as a flashlight. The four super-bright, white LEDs provide lots of light without giving off any heat or danger of chemicals in your water.
By adding a LightCap200 cap to your bottle you're not only creating a useful item, you're helping the environment. You can even use your bottle to store things: trail snacks, dog treats, fire starting supplies, first aid kit-anything you want to keep safe, floating and dry. With the LightCap200 on top, you've always got a useful emergency light.
The LightCap200 is just $19.95 and will last for many years of continuous use. They make a great gift and are available at many fine outdoor stores as well as at our website: www.sollight.com
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