A White House panel is set to release a report today stating something organic fans have been preaching for years — chemicals threaten our bodies.
Nicholas D. Kristof has a preview of the report in the New York Times and shares these main points of the 200-page report:
- Particularly when pregnant and when children are small, choose foods, toys and garden products with fewer endocrine disruptors or other toxins. (Information about products is at www.cosmeticsdatabase.com or www.healthystuff.org.)
- For those whose jobs may expose them to chemicals, remove shoes when entering the house and wash work clothes separately from the rest of the laundry.
- Filter drinking water.
- Store water in glass or stainless steel containers, or in plastics that don’t contain BPA or phthalates (chemicals used to soften plastics). Microwave food in ceramic or glass containers.
- Give preference to food grown without pesticides, chemical fertilizers and growth hormones. Avoid meats that are cooked well-done.
- Check radon levels in your home. Radon is a natural source of radiation linked to cancer.
Have you adjusted your eating to eat more organic, chemical free foods?
I’d love to know what you’re doing.
Jonathan, I have found this guide to be very helpful:
http://www.foodnews.org/EWG-shoppers-guide-down…
It lists “the dirty dozen” – foods that should be bought organic and “the clean 15” – foods that are lowest in pesticides and aren't as necessary to buy organic.
I am also going to stainless steel containers for water and ceramic and glass for microwaving.
Sweet! Thanks for the link! I'll have to check it out for sure.
I still have a plastic sports bottle I use when biking but primarily use a SIGG water bottle throughout the day.
I've tried to avoid microwaving anything but glass. I've seen plastic melt in the microwave — and sure don't want to think about that leaking into my food! Yikes!
And we've found that putting ceramics in the microwave tends to weaken the ceramic as well. We ended up with cracks in almost all the plates we got for our wedding. Laurie's brother has the exact same set and hasn't had any problems with is. The only thing we can think of is because we kept putting them in the microwave.