¨ For any product that touches your body, including lotions, sunscreen and makeup, avoid those with fragrance, triclosan, BHA, DEHP, CBP, BBP and oxybenzone.
¨ Use plastics cautiously—don’t cook with them and avoid those with #3, #6 and most #7 recycling codes.
¨ Buy products with the least packaging.
¨ Use filtered water.
¨ Use greener cleaners (buy certified green.)
¨ Avoid pesticides, insecticides and herbicides in and around the home.
¨ If you must use toxic cleaners, have someone else do the cleaning or follow safety precautions like wearing gloves and opening windows.
¨ Use paint that is low- or no-VOC.
¨ Avoid air fresheners.
¨ Stay away from nail salons and choose water-based or less toxic nail polish.
¨ Choose organic produce for foods highest in pesticides and for foods you eat daily. See page XX for more.
¨ Choose organic cotton when possible. (25% of worldwide pesticide use is for growing cotton!)
Finally, here are some resources to help you live the “green” life.
¨ National Geographic: environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/green-guide/
¨ Green living with a UK point of view: www.greenchoices.org/
¨ Green living tips from “down under”: www.livinggreener.gov.au/