A few days ago, I received an email from my friend Peggy, who lives in Montana.
She recommended a link to a TV documentary on bottled water. I felt pangs of guilt while watching it. I drink the stuff and although I recycle the plastic containers, I've always wondered if those petroleum based bottles genuinely do get re-incarnated. The Telegraph, printed an article about plastic - exposing facts that these containers are worth practically nothing and that England struggles to find a company that will buy them. In the end, they get shipped off the Isle (which costs a fortune) and then some other poor country gets to admire them in "their" landfill. WE pay THEM to haul IT away. How crazy is that ?!
This is a disturbing video, a real eye opener. After watching it, I'm seriously wanting to get a water filter on the kitchen tap. If that's not enough, more on plastic: The U.S. Mayo Clinic advises strongly drinking from plastic water bottles, especially those that are left in the heat. And also, cooking in plastic containers or with plastic wrap as it's extremely toxic. The heat leaches all sorts of toxins and hormone type substances from the plastic and this is absorbed directly into body tissue. This is more so a problem for women as it's been positively linked to breast cancer. Remember when the medical experts said that coffee was bad for you ? Now they say a little caffeine is good. Sometimes these people make my head spin. But I do believe this Tapped Trailer is worthy of a watch.
Here's a link to their official website, which has a plethora of information.