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  • Banned in Chicago!

    Chicago became the first major American city to ban baby bottles made of BPA, a potentially toxic chemical that leaches into milk, water or soft drinks. It is the 7 inside the triangle on the...

    Blog posts | May 13, 2009 6:38pm PDT

  • Crossing the sea on a bottle raft

    David de Rothschild is preparing to sail from San Francisco to Australia in a raft made of 12,000 recycled bottles. Among other things, he is hoping to convince the world to take better care of...

    Videos | March 17, 2009 8:57am PDT

  • No more BPA for you

    The problem, as always, is that it's going to cost you. And not just in money. Polycarbonate, the type of plastic most likely to leach BPA, is inexpensive, durable and can deal with rigorous...

    Blog posts | March 6, 2009 8:54am PST

  • Green crusaders to cross Pacific in a plastic bottle

    Well, not just a single plastic bottle, thousands of plastic bottles. Filled with dry ice to keep them afloat. And the crew thinks they're going to make it all the way to Australia? I know that...

    Blog posts | March 3, 2009 9:34am PST

  • BPA health scare gets more serious

    Higher levels of BPA in your urine indicate an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, or diabetes.

    Blog posts | September 16, 2008 8:18am PDT

  • The hits keep coming against plastic bottles with bisphenol-A

    Tests of BPA done with doses now present in your body show reduction in brain function from this chemical. Not just in babies, but in adult primates.

    Blog posts | September 4, 2008 10:07am PDT

  • Is your Nalgene bottle safe?

    Rather than argue directly with Canada, the FDA review ruled only that the quantities in which it occurs mean it's not dangerous. This may overturn a San Francisco ban on the substance.

    Blog posts | August 18, 2008 8:57am PDT

  • Airport security part 3: Planes, trains, and automobiles

    I took a trip home to Michigan this week via Amtrak, and I got to thinking about previous articles I've written about airline security and wondered why are the security concerns so much more lax...

    Blog posts | June 15, 2008 5:03pm PDT

  • Nalgene abandons BPA products

    One suspicious plastic just lost a major supporter. Bispheonol-A (BPA) is suspected of having deleterious healty effects. Now Nalgene, the upscale sporting goods manufacturer says ti wil lno...

    Blog posts | April 22, 2008 9:40pm PDT

  • Photos: Plastic by the numbers

    Numbers on plastic products help to sort recyclables. But the messages on plastic bottles and other containers don't tell the whole story.

  • Bottled water and baby bottles: maybe not so good

    There's at least one kind of plastic bottle that is NOT so good for you, or the environment, or the baby. It's the one with the little triangle and the number 7 inside it. The chemical that is...

    Blog posts | April 16, 2008 7:01pm PDT

  • Some fun green tech for gassing up soda and fizzy water

    I realize the topic of today's diary doesn't exactly fit into the category of green IT, but it IS technology that happens to have a green purpose so I'm thinking of it as green tech. It's also...

    Blog posts | January 23, 2008 3:04pm PST

  • Let's play spin the bottle

    Everybody gets to put their spin on the safety or danger of the plastic bottles that line our shelves, fill our landfills and litter our lives. Just today the "New York Times" style section has a...

    Blog posts | November 15, 2007 4:06am PST

  • How many of these do I need to drink?

    A student asked me that question today in my geometry class.  Apparently she had an ultrasound scheduled for the afternoon and needed to drink 4 quarts of water beforehand.  Fun.  Anyway, she...

    Blog posts | May 30, 2007 8:47pm PDT

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