1. The Plastic Albatross is a community-focused campaign that provides helpful information about toxins in PLASTICS and other household products, and how these substances affect our health and environment.
2. We encourage local families, businesses, and organizations to limit their exposure to and consumption of plastic and commonly used toxic chemicals to work toward a toxin-free future!
“BAG IT is a film that examines our society’s use and abuse of plastic. The film focuses on plastic as it relates to our society’s throwaway mentality, our culture of convenience, our over consumption of unnecessary, disposable products and packaging—things that we use one time and then, without another thought, throw them away.
Recent studies from Mount Sinai Center have linked phthalates to OBESITY, especially in young children.
Phthalates, a type of endocrine disruptor, are untested, unregulated chemical additives that are used to intensify chemical fragrances in cosmetics and personal care products. Additional research links phthalate exposure to ASTHMA, CANCER, and REPRODUCTIVE DYSFUNCTION.
Most personal care products contain chemical fragrances.
Even some so-called “fragrance-free” brands use a chemical masking fragrance to cover up the original fragrance.
Be wary of the ingredient FRAGRANCE. It is used to denote a combination of toxic compounds, including phthalates. Phthalates and other chemical additives are difficult to avoid, because manufacturers are not required to list them on the label. Under current law, they can be simply be listed as “fragrance”.
Identifying phthalates by their chemical names, or abbreviations: DBP (di-n-butyl phthalate), DEP (diethyl phthalate), DEHP (di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate or Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate), BzBP (benzylbutyl phthalate), DMP (dimethyl phthalate)
Choosing perfumes made from organic essential oils.
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Find out more about Phthalates under the Get Informed section of this site.
When you use a plastic bag to hold your lettuce or buy a bag of noodles encased in plastic packaging, take a moment to think about where that plastic will end up.
Photo: National Geographic
Plastic does not biodegrade and less than 2% of all plastic produced for disposable consumables is actually recycled. Every piece of plastic ever made is still in existence, floating in oceans or collecting in landfill sites, killing wildlife and leaching toxic chemicals into our water and soil.
On your next shopping trip, review the items in your cart and ask this question:
Will this item return to the earth to nourish new life and new growth?
Use re-usable muslin bags instead of plastic for your produce.
Choose biodegradable or compostable products and packaging over plastic.
Buy bulk instead of plastic-packaged convenience items.
Bring your own canvas bags to carry your groceries home.
– Learn more about your plastic waste from Capt. Charles Moore or watch this excerpt from the documentary Message in the Waves to see where your plastic waste ends up.
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