So Fresh and So Green

I’ve been seeing posts about frogs floating around lately so I thought I’d share. I want to tell the little guy in the picture above not to jump cause apparently something’s in the water. He could jump in a male and come out a female, so to speak, according to this sciencedaily.com article “Pesticide Atrazine Can Turn Male Frogs Into Females”. And you thought you had issues finding a mate!

Some other frogs have apparently been successfully mating without being loud enough to wake up scientists in Australia for about 30 years according to treehugger.com in “Extinct Frog Rediscovered in Australia”. Truly a miracle considering how nosy scientists can be.

Speaking of mating scientist have found in a recent study at least one species of frogs mate for life. Find out why and how in “Monogamous Frogs Stay Together ‘Til One Croaks” via treehugger.com

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Detail at actual size: Plastic Bottles, 2007 by Chris Jordan

The photo above is by Chris Jordan. It is a close up of a photo that “depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes.”

Why are plastic bottles in the news anyway?
Plastic bottles are everywhere in today’s society, but they were not just a few decades ago. Bottled water is an very popular product worldwide which is extraordinary considering bottled water as we know today didn’t exist as a product 30-40 years ago.

What’s wrong with plastic bottles?
They are everywhere now and don’t seem to be hurting anyone but their impact can be felt in many ways. Making the plastic bottle requires pollution producing energy. So does the rest of the packaging, shipping, shipping packaging and recycling. Many plastic bottles don’t end up recycled. Instead they are thrown in the garbage or somehow end up in the ocean, and even in the fish we eat. On top of that some plastic bottles contain harmful chemicals called BPA that leaves the bottles and gets into your drink.

What do these harmful chemicals do?
BPA or bisphenol A is considered an is an endocrine disruptor, meaning it messes up your hormones may be the cause of abnormal sexual development or even learning disabilities. This is of great concern for babies because BPA was found in many baby bottles. (more…)

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