by Jeremiah Johnson, Ready Nutrition:

One of the big problems with our prepackaged, modern, consumer spending-based economies is that everything is mass-produced in plastic with little or no regard for the future problems it creates. To date, 14 billion pounds of garbage are dumped into the ocean every year – most of it being plastic.

The book “The Jungle,” by Upton Sinclair basically was the blueprint that propelled the FDA into action against big industry and how detrimental it can be to the individual. Time, however, is the factor that erodes both conscience and consciousness, in that order.

Each generation faces new challenges from a system designed to follow profit-potential rather than the welfare of the people confined within it. No exceptions are to be found in the food and beverage industries: most of their products are either unhealthy or outright poisonous due to dyes, preservatives or additives. No less the containers and packaging they are in.

Recently several articles surfaced that categorized these problems. Rather than “rehash” the information, in a nutshell, I will summarize it. BPA’s (Bisphenol A’s) are chemicals used in plastic bottles, containers, and on the interior liners that are found in many food cans. This chemical has been in use for more than fifty years and is found to be linked to male infertility, low sperm counts, and prostate cancer, as well as, breast cancer in women.

BPA lodges in the body’s fat cells and disrupts endocrine function…this is your body’s hormonal system. Here are two articles you can read to reference these problems:

“Study Reveals Science Behind Soy Boys,” by Kit Daniels of Prison Planet, 2/5/18.

“Bisphenol A (BPA) is Found in Plastic Containers, Water Bottles, and in Till Receipts,” by Victoria Allen, the Daily Mail, 2/4/18.

You will see in the articles that the BPA contaminants are far from being limited to just the food and beverage industry. The problem with the articles is they don’t suggest any kind of solution: they just mention things such as “you should check to find out if a product has BPA’s on the label,” and “don’t handle any cash receipts from the stores!”
Moreover, it was exposed recently that plastic microplastic contaminants were found in 90% of bottled drinking water.

A recently released study tested 259 water bottles from 11 brands sold across nine countries, including the United States, and found that 93% of those tested contained microplastic contamination. The research, which was conducted by researchers at the State University of New York at Fredonia and non-profit journalism organization Orb Media, found an average of 10.4 plastic particles per liter of water, which is twice the amount of contamination found in tap water, according to another Orb Media investigation.

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9 Mindful Ways to Phase Plastics Out of Your Life
Well, we’re going to offer some solutions. Of course, they won’t be perfect, but you can cut down on your exposure to such things and give yourself a better edge. Let’s do it:

Use containers for your drinking water that are not made of plastic, like this one. This will be extremely difficult for long-term storage. I have written extensively about the importance of storing a water supply. I’m not reversing my stance: life over limb instead of being “Mr. Particular” and agonizing over some things that cannot be changed. If you can afford giant, stainless-steel or porcelain water storage vessels…go for it. If you have only the plastic, then run with the ball as best you can. But tote your water on a daily basis and store water for your daily drinking needs in either glass bottles or stainless-steel bottles. You can also use wide-mouth 1-quart Mason jars. The biggest challenge you’ll face is the freezing temperatures of the winter. Fill your vessels up to about ¾ of the way to allow for some expansion if the vessel freezes. The steel bottles you can heat over a flame. The glass bottles, warm them up gradually.

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