I had a Comment from Liora Leah,
an Environmental Health Advocate,
RE: my inclusion of Kleenex Brand
:"Crying Tissue" in my Blog yesterday
"Home Land Security Post Offered
...to Your Enchanted Gardener"
http://curezone.com/blogs/f.asp?f=92&t=48963.45
Liora liked the humor, however,
She writes:
"Dear Leslie:
This is a great idea about Homeland Security!
There's one thing I would change, though:
Greenpeace has a campaign going to boycott Kleenex products
because the company is clear-cutting forests in Canada
to produce their paper products.
They also use elemental chlorine to whiten their paper products;
chlorine used during the wood pulp bleaching process
produces dioxin, a highly toxic substance in the environment.
Please have a responsible company that makes paper products,
like Seventh Generation, sponsor this event. Seventh Generation,
a company with which you are familiar,
uses recycled paper in its products,
and uses sodium hydrosulfite,
a non-toxic biodegradable bleach made from salt and oxygen.
Thanks,
Liora Leah"
Liora says that there are many things we cannot do to improve
the environment. There are many things that are out of our hands,
but we can have an impact where we live, right at home.
We can make choices, through our dollars, to support the
companies that are environmental sound.
In the Enchanted Garden Intentional Community,
here at home, we order bulk from the Seventh Generation
Company.
I also see where you can sign up to receive a copy
of Non-Toxic Times on the Seventh Generation Website:
http://www.seventhgeneration.com/site/pp.asp?c=coIHKTMHF&b=79539
For other orders On-line you can get health products here:
We order bulk toilet paper,
bulk dish washing liquid
and bulk dish powder for the dishwasher
that gets some use.
You can visit Seventh Generation on line here
or get their products at your Whole Foods or other
Health Food Store.
Saves Natural Resources, Reduces Pollution
12 Double Rolls: 400 2-Ply Sheet Per Roll (4.5 in. x 4 in. per sheet)
* 100% Recycled Paper
* Hypo-Allergenic
* Whitened Without Chlorine Bleaching
* White Unscented, No Dyes
'In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.' -From The Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy
You Are Making A Difference
If every household in the U.S. replaced just one 12-pack of 400 sheet virgin fiber bathroom tissues with 100% recycled ones, we could save:
* 4.4 million trees
* 11.6 million cubic feet of landfill space, equal to over 17,000 full garbage trucks
* 1.6 billion gallons of water, a year's supply for over 12,700 families of four
* And avoid 275,000 pounds of pollution
Seven Generation bathroom tissue is made from 100% recycled paper, with a minimum of 80% post consumer materials. Our paper is whitened with an environmentally safe process - never with chlorine bleach. Your choice of our soft and absorbent bathroom tissues makes an important difference today, and for the next seven generations. Here's how:
Recycling paper prevents unnecessary landfilling of valuable resources. In addition to saving trees, producing recycled paper uses less energy and water than paper made from trees. Post-consumer materials are those we recycle from our homes and offices which would otherwise be landfilled. By using post-consumer materials we help "close the loop" to encourage more recycling and less waste of valuable resources. Our bathroom tissue is whitened with sodium hydrosulfite, a non-toxic biodegradable bleach made from salt and oxygen. This environmentally safe process keeps chlorine's dangers out of your home and our environment. Bleaching paper with chlorine creates dangerous toxins such as dioxin, furans and other organochlorines. Once loose in the environment, these chemicals accumulate in both people and animals. Hundreds of studies have shown a direct link between dioxin exposure and cancer, birth defects and developmental and reproductive disorders.
100% Recycled Paper, 80% min. post-consumer, 20% pre-consumer
This product is free of dyes, inks and fragrances.
Safe for septic systems. Ideal for low-flow toilets.
Thank you for purchasing Seventh Generation products and for caring enough to help make the world a healthier and safer place for this and the next seven generations. - Jeffrey Hollender, Founder & President
©2002 Seventh Generation, Inc.
To order Seventh Generation Online-
you call go right to the source,
1-800-456-1177.
I also see there is a good company
that ships free on orders:
http://www.drugstore.com/templates/brand/default.asp?brand=25879&trx=GFI-0-PP...
#25, 5/11/05, 11:04 AM, linked to her E-zine