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Imagine my surprise, when by happenstance I checked the ingredients on the back of the bag of one of my favorite gummi candies.
Let’s see … corn syrup, sucrose, gelatin, apple juice (that’s good, right?), natural and artificial flavor, carnauba wax. Continue reading Why Is There Carnauba Wax in My Gummi Bears?
As Kermit already knows, it’s not easy being green, particularly when you are trying to eliminate the unnecessary use of plastic from your life. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIOiwg2iHio] I’ve been writing about using less plastic in all of its forms for close to Continue reading IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN
If you haven’t viewed the art of Chris Jordan take some time, and do yourself a favor. His ability translate social and environmental concerns into visual art we can all understand is immense. He has published several books including “Intolerable Continue reading Chris Jordan: Awareness Through Art
Last week Target, the fifth-largest U.S. retailer in 2008 and CVS announced plans designed to reduce the number of single use plastic bags their customers carry out of their 7,000 stores every year. Target plans to give customers a 5-cent Continue reading TARGET & CVS SAYING GOODBY TO SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS
Occasionally I am asked if I am against all uses of plastic or if I think all plastic should be banned. Of course not, the answer is no. There are real and legitimate uses of plastic. The problem is that Continue reading Smart Plastic Products
Readers of this blog know how passionate I am about plastic pollution.
I am equally passionate about fighting pancreatic cancer, I disease my family has first hand knowledge of. Both my mother and my step-dad died of the disease. Continue reading PANCREATIC CANCER & PLASTIC POLLUTION … FIGHTING TWO SILENT KILLERS
One of the most precious resources we have on planet earth is water … clean drinkable water. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the world’s surface is covered in water, most of it is salt water which humans cannot drink. A mere Continue reading TOXIC RIVERS … TOXIC WATER