Fresh from Your Faucet

Toss the bottled water and filter your own. Tap water is more carefully regulated than bottled water but isn't free of contaminants. So what does that plastic water pitcher filter out?

Most countertop and faucet water filters are activated carbon filters, which will get rid of bad tastes and odors as well as many impurities, including chlorine.

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Hidden Hazards of Air Fresheners

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What's in Your Tap Water?

You already know that bottled water isn't any cleaner or safer than tap water so let's turn our attention to the tap. Millions of Americans get sick from contaminated tap water every year. How is it possible that every home in America doesn't have fresh, pure water flowing from every tap?

The quality of the water in your home depends on the purity of the water source, the maintenance of hundreds of miles of pipes and the construction of better treatment facilities.

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Dangers of the Sippy Cup?

I keep hearing about "bad" plastics. Creepy toxic chemicals of unpronounceable words like phthalates and bisphenol-A that leach into food or drink, especially when heated in a microwave or put in a freezer. But even surface scratches in sippy cups and toys can undermine the safety of your family.

What I understand from the science is that these unpronounceable toxics that can end up in our food and drink can lead to elevated estrogen levels. So does what does that mean for my boys? And my girls? ......I can't even go there! Where are these toxic substances found and how can I protect my toddlers from them?

Where are these substances found? In my toddler's sippy cups! And baby bottles! And who knows where else?

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Bottled Water: Pure Water or Pure Hype?

Your bottled water comes from pure mountain springs, right? Or a glacier, or pristine forest, untouched by human hands? More than half of all Americans drink bottled water; a third of us drink it regularly. And while you might not entirely believe the marketing hype, you kind of think you’re getting something better than what comes out of the tap.

But that’s not necessarily true.

NRDC conducted a four-year study of the bottled water industry, and a review of available information on bottled water and its sources. You might be surprised...

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