Say no to Plastics!

When you discover the truth behind plastics and how bad they are for you, you cant help but cringe at the thought of plastic touching our food and leeching all those chemicals into your food.

They do code plastics in terms of, those that have chemicals that leech and those that dont. But truth is, I dont believe there is any plastic, that is not harmful and Im not taking any chances.  Most plastics leech a chemical that mimics estrogen. These plastics, along with the growth horomones in our poultry, meats and dairy, are most likely responsible for our babies undergoing early puberty and a multitude of other issues.

I am slowly but surely, ridding my house of plastics. Its a long drawn out process because unfortunately everything is plastic. My first concern is to rid my family of any plastic that leeches into our foods. Think "PLASTIC IS NOT FOOD SAFE" no matter what kind.  Studies are showing that even BPA FREE plastics still have estrogen mimicking chemicals.

So, I started making the change right away with my daughters school lunches.  First I spent the money on buying some BENTO lunch packs. Bento is said to be free of BPA, PVC, Lead free and phthalates.  I will not put them in the dishwasher because I believe the dishwasher breaks them down and they eventually become unsafe.  But, even though I bought these, Im not 100% sure they are safe. So I am looking for other alternatives.

I am now making my own reusable washable lunch/snack bags.

I made these in trial and error.  I used laminated cotton to begin with but then decided I didnt like the idea of the lamination.  So the next one, I walked through the store trying to figure out what material would best suit the inside of these bags, that didnt contain chemicals.  So then I opted for the sealable vaccum bags which are food safe and BPA free. So I sewed that material to the inside of the bag and it works great...however Im still not convinced its the safest route.  I then decided to make some out of 100% cotton fabric and call it good..but wait, then you have the dyes from the fabric leeching into your food.  I then decided to throw cute out of the window and I am now making some out of plain ol' fashion organic unbleached muslin cotton. They may be boring but they will be 100% safe.

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