Awareness ~

It started when my Nina sent me an e-mail two years ago about plastics that we use and it made me more aware of the effects it has on our bodies. I was discussing this with a friend who also has the same concerns. Her mother has ovarian cancer and we both think there is more to the plastic we use on a daily basis then we realize. We both grew up in the 70's and drank soda out of glass bottles. Our condiments came in glass; almost everything did. Glass has been slowly phased out and plastic is now the norm. We both were trying to be more conscientious of what we bought and what contains it. It was then, we noticed just how much comes in plastic. Try it, just look in your refrigerator and take note of all the plastic. When we were younger, we hardly heard of anyone having cancer. Now it seems there are three out of five people we know personally or through someone close to us, that have some form of cancer (Cancer is not the only concern). I know that in addition to heredity and the environment, what we take into our bodies and how we live also can have a role. I am not trying to give plastic a bad wrap (no pun intended), but I would like to be more educated on the subject.

I have stopped drinking from plastic water bottles and switched over to stainless steel. Through the years, I have gradually been adding a stainless bottle here and there because one is not enough; I fill them with soy milk, juice, or green tea. Grabbing a plastic water bottle is easy, but planning and being more aware and conscious makes me feel like I am making a small difference in how I live, what I put into my body and it is Eco friendly too! Earthlust is the brand name of some of the stainless steel bottles I have; how suiting is that!

Here are several short but interesting interviews on YouTube.

Safe Water Bottle Review


Coming Clean


Bisphenol-A


Please share with me what you are doing. I would love to know and maybe I can put it into practice.