Are you hosting an Earth Day event or need a speaker for a club, luncheon, or library event.  See if Dr. G is available.  My email works at www.whatstoxic.com, so GREENIFY Away.

Check out these segments from Better Connecticut (WFSB-Channel 3 TV) in which Dr. G schools the very teachable and entertaining Scott and Kara on Green Cleaning Products and Toxic Toys.

WTIC has been great about providing a home for greener living radio and blog. However, the email is not working yet. Sorry if your emails to me have ended up in a cyber-dumpster. You can actually reach me and get a response at www.whatstoxic.com - Dr. G

BPA or bis-phenol A is the main ingredient in polycarbonate bottles, the hard clear non-breakable kind that most baby bottles are made from. Unfortunately, some BPA leaches from the bottles during heating of the milk, new research showing 5-7 ppb. This is a trace level but still has potential health risk to an infant due to inappropriate hormone exposure. BPA is an estrogen mimic (originally developed as hormone replacement therapy for post-menopausal women) and so should be avoided, especially in early life when imbalances can be “imprinted” for a lifetime. Glass bottles is one alternative. Another is Born Free, a plastic baby bottle that is free of phthalates and BPA.

Chantal Laliberte has survived a major speed bump and has gone on to do something she never dreamed of before she became sick - hike Mt Kiliminjaro, a 19,000 ft mtn in Africa.  As a recent breast cancer patient, she was hiking to benefit the Komen foundation.  Click here to learn more about the hike and charity.   Listen to the 3/01 podcast to hear her story.

Eco-Chick schooled us on how to make our denim greener:

1) Organic denim to cut down on pesticides involved in denim production (1 pound of pesticides per pair of jeans for the non-organic)

2) Darker jean colors - lighter ones involve extensive bleaching which leads to groundwater pollution

3) Extend the life of your denim with patches and repairs. You can mail your denim off to DENIMTHERAPY - this company will repair holes without patching - like new - at reasonable cost.

Here is her recent blog on this

Lets Get to Know Each Other -

What kind of a green listener are you?

How practical or radical is your greeness?

Do you recycle everything or just the bare minimum when you feel like it?

Do you turn off lights and even the energy dragon LED displays on dvd players and cell phone chargers when not in use?

What kind of car do you drive?  What will your next car be?

Do you go as far as picking up other people’s dog poop when in the park?

 Do you celebrate the sanctity of every creature and aim to harm none or will you go after that spider?

 What is your product label IQ?

 And TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT ON THE SHOW - SEE YA SATURDAYS AT 4 -6 pm   Dr. G