Out with the old and in with the New!

My new purchases that arrived today! Yipppppeeeee I'm all set for my holidays in France and my everyday drinking habits!

Facts on suncream: Active ingredients in sunscreens come in two forms, mineral and chemical filters. Each uses a different mechanism for protecting skin and maintaining stability in sunlight. Each may pose hazards to human health.
The most common sunscreens on the market contain chemical filters. These products typically include a combination of two to six of these active ingredients: oxybenzone, avobenzone, octisalate, octocrylene, homosalate and octinoxate. Mineral sunscreens use zinc oxide and/or titanium dioxide. A handful of products combine zinc oxide with chemical filters. Facts on suncream

Facts on plastic bottles: The compounds on which most concerns have focused are Bisphenol A (known as BPA), which is used in tough ploycarbonate products and expoy resins that line tin cans, and a group of plasitc softeners called phthalates. Research has shown that these compounds can leach from plastics into the food and drinks that we consume - more so if they are heated to high temperatures (which is why you should NEVER leave your plastic water bottle in your car overnight or in the sun!) raising additional concerns about the kins of plastics that are used in containers in microwave ovens. Furthermore, a landmark report on BPA published in 2008 by the U.S. National Toxicology Program concluded that there were concerns over BPA's effects on the brain, behaviour and prostate gland development in foetuses, infants and children. It also found that because of the ratio of body weight to exposure, "the highest estimated daily intake of Bisphenol A in the general population occurs in infants and children".

I don't want to freak you guys out but I just want to inform you - that's all and I will be a very happy bunny. You can decide if you'd like to remain buying your normal products and keep ignoring the facts or just think outside of the box and get creative!
Think of all those jam bars and salad dressing glass bottles that you use and throw out!! Do NOT throw them out! Keep them and use them for storage. You can be very saavy when it comes to knowing what's good and what's bad and really recycling everyday things to make it work for you.