You and your family use water every day for things like drinking, cooking and bathing, but when was the last time you stopped to think about what exactly was in your water?

Now I know what you’re thinking—It’s just water, right? What do you mean, what’s in it??—but today’s industry uses more harmful toxins than ever before, and many of those toxins end up in our groundwater, which ends up where? Right in your home.

That’s why this information from the Environmental Working Group is so helpful! EWG does a great job researching, assembling data, and working politically to increase awareness about toxic chemicals, and on their website they have extensive information about water quality that everyone should know.

You can find out about the quality of your local water, and learn about how different water filters work and which one might be best for your home—so check it out today and find out what’s really in your water… you might be surprised!

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You know how I feel about toxins, right? Right. So when I heard that the FDA had finally updated its warning about one of the most harmful toxic chemicals out there today, I thought to myself, “It’s about time!”

The folks at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have been dragging their feet for some time now on the issue of bisphenol A (or BPA for short). BPA, which I’m sure you’ve heard of by now unless you’ve been living under a rock, is one of the most prevalent chemicals in use today, and it’s found in 90% of the population—which means yes, it’s probably inside you right now!

BPA is used in the lining of canned foods and in many hard plastic products like those reusable water bottles you see everywhere. One of the most concerning uses of BPA, however, is its presence in plastic baby bottles and ‘sippy’ cups, as well as in containers for infant formula and food.

Whereas before they said BPA was ‘safe’ for infants, the FDA has since changed its tune. Now when you go on their website and research BPA, you can see that their new statement says they are concerned about the “potential effects of BPA on the brain, behavior, and prostate gland in fetuses, infants and young children”. So as a result the FDA is now supporting the removal of BPA from containers that are used by infants. Well, thank goodness!

But still, let’s not forget how BPA affects adults too—another study just came out that confirmed the link between high BPA levels and cardiovascular disease, showing that people who have the highest amounts of BPA in their urine also had the highest rates of heart disease. How’s that for a wake-up call? Just something to keep in mind the next time you consider buying canned foods or filling up your water bottle.

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