one less plastic bottle: save our earth On nearly every level, from production to disposal, plastics spell just one thing: “big trouble.” This is not an exaggeration either; while plastics have always seemed a miracle material, endlessly malleable, flexible and durable, the reality is that in our throwaway world, nobody ever thought to consider the […]
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One Less Plastic Bottle: Avoiding Plastics The news on plastics just keeps getting worse, with each new study documenting yet another link between plastics and disease. While the focus has been on bisphenol-A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor linked to everything from birth defects to cancers, evidence is growing that many of the chemicals replacing […]
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Illinois Becomes First State to Ban Microbeads “With some popular facial cleansers containing as many as 300,000 microbeads in a single container, environmentalists worry the non-biodegradable beads—which are small enough to bypass sewer and water treatment filters—will wreak havoc on the water supply. Environmental advocates say microbeads can absorb toxins and harm fish and other […]
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