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If you think the water coming out of your tap is clean and health-giving … you’d be mistaken. In 2008, an investigation by the Associated Press showed that America’s tap water is contaminated with prescription and over-the-counter drugs, including antibiotics, pain medications, antidepressants and sex hormones “in significant quantities.” Scientists are concerned that, even in small concentrations, these drugs could harm us over time because water is consumed in such large amounts every day. Our bodies may be able to deal with a big one-time dose of a chemical, but if a small amount is consumed continuously over years … no one really knows what can happen to our health.

Green Tip #1:

Play it safe: Buy a water filter and fill up your own reusable metal or glass water bottles at home. Get off plastic bottles. 8 out of 10 plastic water bottles used in the U.S. become garbage or end up in a landfill, contributing to global warming.

Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/3-easy-ways-to-green-your-health.html#ixzz1iZwH7z7j

 

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Go Green
This New Year, embrace Green Living by making your home more eco-friendly. Instead of tossing glass, aluminum and plastic bottles or containers in the trash, keep them in separated bins. Then, head down to your local recycling center and get a couple bucks back for being environmentally conscious. Also consider going paperless to minimize waste. You can pay bills and manage your banking online, while utilizing email instead of snail mail to make your home paper-free.

Stop Buying Bottled Water and Get a Water Filter
Cut costs on your grocery bill by installing a water filter on your kitchen sink for drinking water instead of buying bottled water. While city tap water is regulated and should be safe enough to drink by itself, a water filter can provide that fresh, clean taste without having to spend as much on bottled cases of water. This is another New Year’s task that can save you money while you save the environment by minimizing plastic pollution.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/01/04/investopedia69183.DTL

 

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TALLAHASSEE – As the year 2012 kicks off and New Year’s resolutions begin to fill the air, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) encourages Floridians to consider resolutions that have a positive impact not only on themselves, but also on the state’s environment.

Boasting a month-by-month list of simple “green” resolutions, DEP highlights the ease of adopting eco-friendly practices at home, work and school and the powerful benefits that “greening” the New Year can bring.

“Going green while making your resolutions has double the benefits; you can’t get more proactive than bettering yourself while you also better the environment,” said DEP Director of Sustainable Initiatives Brad Stombock.  “These 12 resolutions spell out simple, descriptive directions to help produce a cleaner, greener new year for all to enjoy.”

http://www.wakulla.com/Wakulla_News/State_Government_News/At_the_Stroke_of_Midnight,_Opt_for_a_Happy_Green_Year_2011122813173/

 

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REDLANDS – Ways to reduce plastic pollution with natural compostable alternatives will be the topic of discussion at the next meeting of the San Gorgonio Chapter of the Sierra Club.

Rick Klein, a representative of Earth Smart, will present the discussion at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 N. Orange Tree Lane.

Currently, Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour and use about 710 thousand tons of Styrofoam cups and plates annually, Klein said in a press release on the discussion.

“More than a trillion plastic bags are used every year worldwide, about 1 million plastic bags every minute,” he said. “A single plastic bag can take up to 1,000 years to degrade (and) are the second-most common type of ocean refuse, after cigarette butts. Every square mile of ocean has about 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in it.”

 

http://www.sbsun.com/ci_19656311

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Plastic water bottles create huge environmental problems. The energy required to produce and transport these bottles could fuel an estimated 1.5 million cars for a year, yet approximately 75 percent of water bottles are not recycled—they end up in landfills, litter roadsides and pollute waterways and oceans. We can help the environment by avoiding disposable water bottles, packing our own water in reusable containers refilled from filtered water taps at home or from bulk containers bought from neighborhood water purifier stations. This will not only help the environment; it can save the family a lot of money in the long run.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/346647/the-year-living-green

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Denise Richards has made a resolution to go greener in 2012 and wants you to join her.

According to Contactmusic, Richards has already banned plastic bottles from her house and is now asking others to stop buying bottled water. She wrote on her blog, “It’s a great time to start thinking about those resolutions. But instead of just sticking to the usual goals of dropping a few pounds or hitting the gym, why not take one simple step that will help the environment, the health of your family and your pocketbook all at once? I recently made the commitment to get rid of bottled water in my home for all of those reasons.”

In the entry she titled ‘Ban Those Bottles,’ she continued, “Every year, about 1.5 million tons of plastic goes into manufacturing water bottles, and most of those bottles just end up in landfills. But even if you recycle, there are lots of other reasons to stay away from plastic bottles. One is the price! Also, many studies show it’s not healthy drinking out of plastic bottles. Harmful chemicals in the plastic like bisphenol A (or Bpa) can leach into the water and make you sick. It’s much safer to drink out of glasses, aluminium bottles, or reusable Bpa-free water bottles… Will you give it a try?”

http://www.ecorazzi.com/2012/01/02/denise-richards-says-give-up-plastic-bottles-in-2012/

 

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• Replace the conventionally-grown foods you eat with as much organic food as you can find and can afford. This eliminates the most fattening chemicals–pesticides–along with all the food additives and hormones Be sure to get enough protein and eat some raw fruits and vegetables every day. Prepare as much food as you can from fresh, whole ingredients, instead of eating processed foods.
• Drink a lot of pure water. The body needs water to flush out impurities and get rid of toxic chemicals and fat. But don’t drink a lot of tap water without filtering it, because it contains those fattening chemicals too. It is well worth it to purchase a water purification unit that removes the pollutants and leaves the minerals. Bottled water often contains fattening plastic residues.
• Use nontoxic or natural cleaning products. Cleaning products are among the most toxic in the home–and the easiest and least expensive to replace.  Baking soda is an excellent scouring powder for sinks, countertops, pots and pans, and bathrooms. Distilled white vinegar is a great grease cutter and window cleaner. Liquid soap cleans everything from dishes to clothing.

http://eastatlanta.patch.com/articles/want-to-lose-unwanted-pounds

 

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Turn on the tap

The bottled water industry sold 8.8 billion gallons of water in 2010, according to Worldwatch, generating nearly $11 billion in profits. Yet plastic water bottles create huge environmental problems.

“The energy required to produce and transport these bottles could fuel an estimated 1.5 million cars for a year, yet approximately 75 percent of water bottles are not recycled—they end up in landfills, litter roadsides, and pollute waterways and oceans” the Institute states in a report.

While public tap water is subject to strict safety regulations, the bottled water industry is not required to report testing results for its products.

World Watch recommends filling up your glasses and reusable water bottles with water from the sink. The United States has more than 160,000 public water systems, and by eliminating bottled water you can help to keep nearly 1 million tons of bottles out of the landfill, as well as save money on water costs.

http://bellevue.patch.com/articles/resolve-to-go-green-in-2012

 

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Go green
This one is probably rising in popularity and for good reason. Going green not only helps the earth, it also can save you some money. Many supermarkets are cutting a couple cents off of your total if you have a re-usable bag. Give it a couple trips and that starts to add up. Re-usable bags are a great way to start, as are re-usable water bottles. Some water faucet filters or filter pitchers come with a re-usable bottle, so kill two birds with one stone and start saving money on those cases of water. Other things you can do include creating a compost heap, recycling if you don’t already, and buying things that come in re-usable or recyclable containers as opposed to things like Styrofoam.

http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/hsn-network/details/top-ten-new-years-resolutions-that-you-can-actually-keep/13027/

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Would you drink out of the toilet?

Lake Superior used to have — I say, “used to have” — some of the clearest and most-pristine water in the country. In 1977, my high school ecology class tested it. The bay was quite polluted, but the lake was crystal clear. I remember how good our drinking water used to taste; now it tastes like chemicals, and we have swimming advisories. We hear of sewage flowing into the bay when we have heavy rains, a problem I think is worse than we are being told.

I have a friend who said he has been calling the city since 1975 about a problem with toilet paper coming out of a storm drain. Every time he gets a different run-around. They say they’re fixing it, but are they? And why has it taken more than 30 years? I suppose the hold-up involves money. But how much is clean water worth? People pay more for bottled water than they do gas, even though most bottled water is city water and plastic bottles are toxic; but I can’t go into that now.

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/218206/group/Opinion/

 

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