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This is part one in our series answering the much asked question of why we don’t drink bottled water when travelling. I am lucky enough to live in a country that supplies clean drinkable tap water so obviously I don’t need to buy bottled water there. However we spend a lot of time in countries [...]
We all know that animals are dying daily from accidentally ingesting plastic – everything from camels to elephants, birds to whales and more are being killed … and the problem just got a whole lot worse. Micro bits of plastic may be killing teeny, tiny beasties. Traditional plastics degrade rather then biodegrade, which means they [...]
The grass verges of Kompot, Cambodia, are littered with plastic including chunks of polystyrene – that styrofoam to you Yanks. Chickens it seems love to eat polystyrene “Come on Pam” I hear you say “I know chickens are dumb but polystyrene?” Hey – I saw them with my own eyes. And I had my camera. [...]
This month we are upping the bar with an article that’s well written and wildly informative. Yes we have a guest post…… While trawling through the internet I stumbled across the fantastic website www.explainthatstuff.com written by Chris Woodford. It is all more than good but there was an article on plastic so pleasing that I had [...]
“Many consumers already look for commercial products that do not contain Bisphenol A (BPA), an estrogenically active compound that some manufacturers use for creating plastics and which leaches out of products over time (estrogenically active compounds are suspected to lead to birth defects, cancers and other health problems). But BPA is only part of the [...]
As you know I am not into plastic disposables or single use items but there are some products which need to be both – I thinking medical/emergency supplies. In such cases plastic is often the cheapest and most suitable product. Is there a way to make the disposal of such products easier / more natural? [...]
A month ago I emailed a lot of people about plastic lined tin cans. Why? Because increasing numbers of people are worried about the potential health risks of Bisphenol A (BPA) leaching from the liner into the food. I suggested my friends might want to check whether the food they were eating came from plastic [...]
Plastic has been implicated in the murder and crippling of these species and many more… Turtle deformed by plastic Fulmer Seabirds Cows Cuviers Beaked Whale Camels Albatross Elephants Minke Whale Leather back turtles Green turtle (Uchida. 1990; Balazs 1985; Meylan 1978) Loggerhead turtle (Plotkin and Amos 1990; Bjorndal and Bolten. 1994) Hawksbill turtle (Teas [...]
DUBAI (AlArabiya.net) Hundreds of camels die each year from ingesting plastic bags left behind in the desert, the UAE’s top veterinarian said, calling on people to stop polluting the environment, press reports said on Thursday. “Every day we have a camel that has died in a camel camp. One in every two camels dies from [...]
Leatherback sea turtle, South America, French Guiana Originally uploaded by ~Steph~ Get your self a reusable shopping bag … Turtles. particularly leatherback turtles; the most commonly seen turtles in UK waters. are especially at risk from plastic bag ingestion. as these bags. especially white or clear shopping bags closely resemble jellyfish. their primary prey. when [...]
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