Many of you may have seen the recent news of a metal straw that pierced a 4-year old boy’s throat and tore an artery to his brain. Horribly scary but luckily he is okay. And a few years back we were stunned by the tragic case of a 60 year-old woman who died after being impaled by a metal straw. These stories have many of us asking: are metal straws safe? While serious injury from metal straws is rare, accidents with metal straws do happen. In 2016...

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Our bodies depend on water for a multitude of things. The Mayo clinic explains that water is critical for flushing out waste, regulating body temperature and our tissue and organ health. We lose water through sweat, urine and exhaling and more so if we’ve had caffeine or alcohol. In general, we tend to notice that our water intake is low when we feel thirsty. But it may surprise you that your body has some other more sneaky ways of telling you...

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While it’s true that airplanes and cars can contribute to our carbon footprint, it’s also true that we’re all likely to travel this summer and if we’re going to travel it’s good to think about how to travel in a more sustainable way. After all perfect is the enemy of good or baby steps people baby steps…Give up single use plastic – it’s really so easy and something all of us can do. You can start by bringing your bkr glass water...

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It’s plastic free July and in our quest to help people reduce their use of plastic we wanted to provide some valuable info on microplastics. You may have heard the term “microplastics” and while you know microplastics aren’t good, you aren’t exactly sure what they are, why they aren’t good or how you can avoid them.  Well, if that’s you you’ve come to the right place. Or you may know exactly what microplastics are and want to learn what you can do to reduce this growing problem -...

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There is something incredibly satisfying about sipping a drink with a straw. Perhaps it’s the throw back to the juice boxes and capri suns of our childhood or visions of sipping pina coladas in the sun or simply the fact that many people report it’s simply easier to drink from a straw. Regardless, this love of straws recently came under fire for the insane waste produced by single use plastic straws. Did you know that 500...

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