We live in the country. There are animals in the country - racoons, skunks, porcupines and even the odd bear. I’ve been researching composting and the issues that come with small/large animals and also with extreme climates… it can be VERY cold here in the winter and VERY hot here in the summer. And there [...]

Do SIGG bottles contain BPA? Treehugger.com asked the question…. SIGG responded.
“Very thorough migration testing in laboratories around the world is conducted regularly and has consistently shown SIGG aluminum bottles to have no presence of lead, phthalates, Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA), Bysphenol A (BPA), Bysphenol B (BPB) or any other chemicals which scientists have deemed as potentially [...]

We’ve been needing to replace our frying pan for a while now. Something in the back of my mind made me think that the non-stick, teflon coated pans may not be very healthy. And I was right. It turns out that teflon pans (and other items with Teflon in them, such as packaging, and even [...]