Whenever you drink water from a plastic bottle, you could be swallowing more than water. Along with thirst-quenching gulps of water (ahh!) you may be consuming harmful chemicals (ugh!) leached from the plastic bottle. Single-use bottled water manufacturers often use #1 polyethylene terephthalate (PET or PETE) to package their water. Although these bottles are considered the safest single-use plastic bottle choice,
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Care for a little plastic with your leftover pasta? Probably not, but you may be getting it. Foods placed in plastic wrap or plastic containers―and then heated in a microwave oven―can end up containing harmful chemicals leached from plastics. Many of the chemicals in plastic have been classified as toxic and unsafe for consumption. And, plastic containers labeled Your bathroom doesn’t need to smell like chemicals for it to be clean and fresh. You can enjoy a toxin-free bathroom that smells lovely by using green cleaning products found in your kitchen cupboards. Good Green Habits in Bathrooms Toilet Bowl—Sprinkle wet toilet bowl sides with baking soda, then spray on some undiluted white vinegar. Scrub clean. Tile—Soak a sponge in vinegar, sprinkle with salt. Scrub |
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