Plastic Toxins in the News

Last week, Canada thrust BPA (Bisphenol-A) onto the front pages by declaring it to be toxic.  Suddenly everyone's talking about phthalates, now that they've realized that BPA leaches out of commonly used polycarbonate plastic containers into our food and drinks!  Most of the press has focused on polycarbonate baby bottles and those ubiquitous Nalgene bottles, but there are other sources of exposure to phthalates that may surprise you....   This week we'll talk about these chemicals, why we should be concerned about them, and discuss some ways to limit our pets' exposure.  Eager for a preview?  Earthresource.org has a good overview of plastic toxins here.  

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As animal lovers, we all want what's best for our pets, and we can all sympathize with the plight of wild animals, caught in the "modern" miasma of environmental degradation and habitat destruction.  Sometimes it seems that "modern" has come to mean artificial, mass-produced, over-developed, and wasteful.  But it doesn't have to be that way.  We think that "modern" should mean something else: evolved and sophisticated, conscious and committed, capable and sustainable.  If there is to be a future, after all, we need to clean up the mess that the old "modern" mindset has made, and learn to apply sustainable methods to our lives, for the health of our planet, ourselves, and, of course, our pets!  That's what "The Modern Pet" is all about ---eco-friendly, pet-friendly, and, hey, it wouldn't be modern if it wasn't stylish!

So we're here to help you learn how to keep your beloved pets happy and healthy, while promoting an environmentally conscious, sustainable lifestyle.  We want to keep our planet vital and healthy too, for all the creatures out there who depend on clean air, clean water, and functioning ecosystems.... we all have to live here, after all!