A new study has shown that eating just one serving of canned food over a five day period elevates ones level of bisphenol-A, or BPA, in the bloodstream by over 10x the normal level. Published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, the study highlights the potential danger of the usage of BPA in [...]
I love to cook and when I have the time I make soups, stews and pasta meals in large batches and freeze them. I use leftover plastic containers, but I know this is not good. What kinds of containers are safe for freezer food storage? Reusing leftover plastic food containers to store items in the [...]
Dear EarthTalk: What is BPA used in plastics, and why should I worry about it? Are there certain household items or food containers to avoid because of BPA? According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Bisphenol A (also known as BPA) is a chemical that has been in use for upwards [...]
Yet another bottled water company trying to greenwash go green by coming up with catchphrases – while leaving the plastic-encapsulated tap water inside their bottles. Dasani, made by Coca-Cola, is just filtered tap water sold in a plastic bottle priced at rates thousands of times higher than water at home costs. Bottled water can cost, [...]
This week’s Do One Thing comes courtesy of my friends who just visited and have small children. I never really thought about it before, but they do not wash their kids’ plastic cups in the dishwasher, as the heat could make the plastic leech toxic chemicals. I don’t have a dishwasher (well, not one that [...]
Seems as though there are 27 state parks up for sale or lease around the country due to the bad economy. Anyone want to go in on picking up a state park or two? On to the green reads… Recently I interviewed Neal Ritter and Gelsey Malferrari of the Laughing Coyote Project, which is a [...]
