This site is dedicated to providing the organic shopper with information about the right packaging choices for keeping your organic foods, organic. Many packaging choices may contain synthetic chemicals that migrate into foods and beverages, thus altering the natural organic integrity of your foods. In contrast, glass containers have been in use for 200 generations and are composed of naturally occurring substances and do not contain synthetic chemicals.
Published: 3 September 2010
“The Huffington Post” reports experts agree that the primary explanation for the dramatic increase in autism is toxic environmental exposure and gene-environment interactions. Dr. Isaac Pessah, Director of the UC Davis Center for Children’s Environmental Health, said that limiting exposure to these chemicals is the only way to mitigate or prevent autism in susceptible individuals. […]
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Published: 2 September 2010
Earth911.com reports a new Water-on-the-Go program is part of New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s efforts to make drinking water easily available at outdoor public locations and events throughout the city this summer. Running through Labor Day weekend, the Water-on-the-Go program features new fountains all five boroughs at public plazas, city parks, green markets and […]
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Published: 1 September 2010
The “Toronto Star” reports Environment Canada has confirmed that Canada is in the process of a historic move to add bisphenol A (BPA) to its list of toxic substances. The chemical used in making plastic has become increasingly controversial since the Canadian government promised two years ago it would designate it a toxic substance. […]
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Published: 31 August 2010
Earth911.com provides some ideas for individuals who want to take recycling into their own hands, such as turning used glass beer bottles into houses, jewelry, glassware, candleholders, and chandeliers.
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Published: 30 August 2010
Cinderella’s Organic Housekeeping is a new company that offers fair trade, organic, eco-friendly cleaning products, all of which are packaged in glass. Cinderella’s is proud to offer consumers the first glass spray bottle in the cleaning industry complimented by glass concentrate refill bottles.
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Published: 27 August 2010
The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is teaming up with Keep America Beautiful Inc. (KAB), the nation’s largest volunteer-based community action and education organization, to promote GPI’s Recycle Glass Week and KAB’s America Recycles Day, a nationally-recognized day for community-driven initiatives dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the United States.
Recycle Glass Week 2010 is just […]
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Published: 26 August 2010
Sweden’s Gripsholm Distillery has made its Kanon Organic Vodka available to the U.S. market. Kanon Organic Vodka is distilled from locally grown organic wheat and uses a unique organic distillation process. The vodka is packaged in a 750 mL bottle that is made from more than 60 percent recycled glass, and its distillery runs on wind and water power.
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Published: 25 August 2010
The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) has launched its Recycle Glass Week e-hunt, an online virtual scavenger hunt aimed to educate consumers about the importance of glass container recycling. Little Bottle, an animated character created by Saint-Gobain Containers, will guide recycling enthusiasts, glass lovers, and green people everywhere, through this easy, seven-riddle online scavenger hunt for […]
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Published: 24 August 2010
Environmental Health Perspectives’ Ashley Ahearn, host of The Researcher’s Perspective, interviews Deborah Cory-Slechta, professor of environmental medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, about the phenomenon known as the fetal basis of adult disease. New lines of research are now showing that prenatal exposures to certain chemicals may contribute to […]
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Published: 23 August 2010
“Toronto Globe and Mail” reports the Canadian Health Measures Survey conducted by Statistics Canada found that the vast majority of Canadians – more than nine out of 10 – have detectable levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in their urine, according to the first large-scale survey to track the amount of the estrogen-mimicking chemical in the […]
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