Health Hotline Magazine | April 2022

USE THIS Not USE THIS Green Gobbler Weed Killer Gobble up my weeds with an organic-approved solution, please! This vinegar-powered fix is corn- derived and made without bleach, dyes, or chloride. It's biodegradable and scores a "best of" ranking for eradicating many weedy pests, but most importantly— it's glyphosate-free! Natural Grocers ® Brand Laundry Detergents Let’s do aundry day the p anet-friendly way! Natural Grocers Laundry Detergents are Certified Organic and made without synthetic fragrances, dyes, or artificial brighteners. And they’re packaged in recyc able, sugarcane-based containers for superior sustainability! UCO Titanium Utility Spork For the love of Mother Nature, ditch the p astic fork—get a spork! Even better, snag this "three-in- one" Utility Spork, including a micro-serrated edge for cutting. Titanium delivers lightweight durability, meaning it’s endlessly reusable—as long as you don’t lose it! Stasher Bags P astic trash makes us weep, but Stasher Bags are built to keep! Made from non-toxic, p atinum silicone, which doesn't degrade over time, Stasher redefines the status quo for packing a lunch, storing food, traveling, and more. It's an Earth Day swap anyone can make!

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These weed sprays? No way! Don’t make a gardening date with the p anet’s most-used herbicide—glyphosate! The World Health Organization (WHO) c assifies it as probably carcinogenic, and studies suggest that in formu ation with other common weed-killer ingredients—it may become more toxic. It may also be harmful to marine organisms and could disrupt the microbiome of bees! “Dirty” detergents shouldn’t clean aundry When a best-selling aundry detergent gets an Environmental Working Group (EWG) failing score— it’s time to say NO more. The list of ingredients we want to avoid (along with synthetic fragrances and dyes) includes optical brighteners, which may accumu ate in the environment faster than they Don’t pack p astic! Do you p astic much when you pack a lunch? An estimated 40 billion p astic utensils are wasted EVERY year in the U.S.! And they’re almost impossible to recycle, even with the best intentions. When brunching, or lunching—don’t put a p astic fork in it. Cancel single-use p astic Let’s get drastic about single-use p astic! Americans use a reported 100 billion p astic bags a year, and it takes 12 million barrels of oil to make them. Give those bags 1,000 years, and they break down in the andfill and stick around forever—as microp astic!

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