My colleagues over at SoftwareAdvice.com have recently posted a very interesting article and poll on their website. It addresses the impact that printed receipts have on society’s paper consumption.
I have to be honest. I regularly use printed receipts for posting bank debit transactions to my check register and documenting purchases for tax purposes. And, for me personally, it would be a BIG sacrifice to go paperless! But, I truly feel it all boils down to learning a new behavior and knowing that the end result is worth it.
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Change.org has put together an online petition, asking Campbell’s Soups to remove BPA (Bisphenol A), from their products. I’ve signed the petition, after just learning about the recent Consumers Reports investigation.
As mentioned on Change.org’s site, the food processing world is in a tailspin after a shocking new series of tests. Released just this week, Consumer Reports revealed that many leading brands of canned foods contain Bisphenol A (BPA)—a toxic chemical linked to health risks including reproductive abnormalities, neurological effects, heightened risk of breast and prostate cancers, diabetes, heart disease and …

In Consumer Reports upcoming December publication, they have released results of some independent studies that they completed on BPA in food products. They found that there are still some food products that contain significant trace amounts of BPA in them.
There is ongoing debate about what are safe amounts of ingested BPA. The Federal guidelines state that a “safe upper limit” of daily exposure is at 50 micrograms of BPA per kilogram of body weight. This information is based on studies done back in the 1980s. But, there have been numerous …

There has been a plethora of discussion over the use of bottled water, tap and/or filtered tap water. I’ve read and pondered this for my family’s own personal water consumption, and have actually changed from my original thoughts and usage, in this matter.
Originally, I knew that our rural residential water was not too safe to drink, so we started using bottled water, exclusively. We did try to purchase larger quantities and use less plastic containers. Then, I read a lot about the lack of regulations for bottled water, and had …

Last week, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel posted an article about a potential conflict of interest involving the recent report published by the FDA on the supposed safety of BPA (Bisphenol A), to humans. Apparently, the group responsible for completing the FDA’s report, had members who’s personal interests may have been seriously influenced by the “plastics industry”.

As previously mentioned on this blog, the FDA came out recently with a report that there were no known hazards to humans, caused by BPA. Yet, Canada and numerous other independent groups have done …

I’ve talked a lot about BPA (Bisphenol A), being in the plastics that we use on a daily basis, most commonly, plastic water bottles. But, I haven’t really addressed some other commonly used containers that often contain this hormone disrupting chemical, that can make its way into our bloodstreams.
BPA has also been found in foods packaged in Tetra Packs and also the linings of cans used for the packaging of canned foods. Yes, that’s right, those good ole’ canned green beans may have traces of BPA that has leached into …