Every month I coordinate a topical discussion with a speaker for parents of my son’s preschool. And every time one of these smart and distinguished speakers appears I walk away more informed and also a little bat sh** crazy.
Today, we had the pleasure of listening to the well-spoken Allison of Ecominders who helps people to remember to be green and reminded me of all the dangers lurking around my house.
The one I’m most mad about right now? That my new and fabulous Ice Mountain water cooler stores its water in BPA laden water jugs. I should have known and looked for that devilish #7, but I was naive and really was enjoying the hot tap. I’m not totally down on Ice Mountain, though. When I called and asked the company about BPA in their water jugs, the customer service rep had her talking points at the ready. But even if the ingestible amount in the plastic is .001 I still don’t want it near my baby.
So besides getting bat sh** crazy at myself for not being more dilligent in my research, what else can I do? Go back to good ‘ol Chicago City tap I guess.
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whoa, I cannot believe that you found the #7 on their water jugs! I think you need to credit my husband for that one
if you want to skip the tap water – here’s who you want to look into:
http://www.mountainvalleyspring.com/
my mom bought their glass-bottled water when I was in elementary school… and later we had their home delivery cooler in our house. they do deliver in Chicago!
My husband just rolls his eyes when I start a conversation about BPA or anything else. I always tell him that I don’t know what the long-term implications are, but this is an easy thing we can change. Sometimes I think he’d prefer it if I’d stop reading so many stories about the hazards in our world. He just keeps reminding me that we cannot fix everything, even though we’d like to.