discussion title:
October Challenge - give it up!
message #:
1741.4 in response to 1741.1
I could say, giving up bottled water but that would be cheating because I have great well water minus all the chemicals so have never used the bottled varieties. Chlorine and specifically fluoride is detrimental to one's health. Fluoride is used in all kinds of insecticides, herbicides and robs one's bones of calcium to neutralize the acid within.
We are finally getting receptacles for plastic recycling which is great because there are so many items that are packaged and bubble wrapped in plastic our land fills are screaming, "overload."
Not a tissue user as I prefer a cloth handkerchief. But paper towels will have to stay as I would be lost in the kitchen without them. To many uses to list. Though I am totally electric in my home the power used likely comes from a coal fired plant so seriously thinking of installing an array of solar panels or a wind generator to at least supplement the electricity used so that will be the biggest contribution to going green to date.
As an aside to Kellie--- Did you ever get your water supply functioning as you hoped to?
Dick
