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Do plastic baby bottles cause diabetes and heart disease?

Posted September 16, 2008 - 14:48 by Andrea Dickson

Health and Beauty, Green Living

What? Poisonous infant formula wasn't enough? Plastic baby bottles and the linings of canned food may be linked to diabetes, heart disease, and altered development in infants' brains and glands, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Does a plastic cork make for a lousy wine?

Posted October 25, 2007 - 23:36 by Andrea Dickson

Food and Drink

I remember the first time my mother opened a bottle of wine that featured a plastic cork. She gasped audibly; the family gathered in the kitchen, where we took turns poking at this odd, pliable plastic cylinder on the kitchen counter. We all knew, instinctively, that this was an INFERIOR bottle of wine, because it was corked with plastic and not... you know, cork. How unromantic! How untraditional! How... eh, pour me another glass, will ya?

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Keep These Things in Your Car; Save Money

Posted 2 years ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Food and Drink

As I fall deeper and deeper into veggie-eating, plastic-eschewing hippiedom, I thought I'd share some of my ideas for reducing, reusing, or recycling. There's nothing here you haven't heard before, but that doesn't mean it isn't valuable information!

Here are things that I've started keeping in my car to keep me from overspending or wasting.

Pack a lunch that packs a punch

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Bottled Water, Bottled Hype Part 1

Posted April 18, 2007 - 14:04 by Andrea Dickson

Food and Drink, Green Living

When we buy bottled water, especially bottled water from overseas (like Fiji), we're deciding against using that we have immediate access to, something that pours freely into our sinks at the twist of a handle. Instead, many of us prefer to purchase water. Water, ubiquitous water, now arrives in plastic bottles, bottles that are polluting to create and polluting to get rid of.

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Is Plastic Killing Us? The True Cost of Convenience

Posted 2 years ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Health and Beauty, Green Living

Plastic is really hard to avoid. In fact, it's everywhere. Clothing, mattresses, furniture, carpet - plastic is used to prevent fires as well as food stains.

And now, plastic is in an even more exciting place! Your bloodstream. Can Teflon-coated arteries be far behind?

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