Plastic Purge
How to Use Less Plastic, Eat Better, Keep Toxins Out of Your Body, and Help Save the Sea Turtles!
By Michael SanClements, scientist at the National Ecological Observatory Network and affiliate of the University of Colorado Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Plastic is everywhere we look. Our computers and children's toys are made out of it, and our water and slices of American cheese are packaged in it. But why is there so much and what is it doing to our bodies? Is it possible to use less plastic and be happier and healthier?
In Plastic Purge, ecologist, SanClements has put together the most up-to-date and scientifically-backed information available to explain how plastics release toxins into your body and the effect they have on your and your children’s health.
Both approachable and engaging, Plastic Purge provides easy-to-follow advice for how to use less plastic, thereby reaping the benefits such as eating a healthier diet and living with less clutter. Dividing plastics into three separate categories: the good, the bad, and the ugly, SanClements shows you how to embrace the good (items like your phone or medical equipment), avoid the bad (food storage containers and toys that contain toxic chemicals), and use less of the ugly (single-use plastic that's just plain wasteful).
With the help of Michael SanClements’s Plastic Purge, you and your family will develop easy habits to live a healthier and happier lives.
"We've never liked plastic, and Plastic Purge is a fantastic compilation of all of the reasons why we ought to seriously rethink our collective passion for it. SanClements provides clear, practical direction for anyone who wants to live a healthier, plastic-free life. We'll be following his advice closely."
--Bruce Lourie and Rick Smith, authors of Slow Death by Rubber Duck
"A fantastic guide to understanding plastics’ role in an increasingly toxic world, including how to comfortably avoid prolific but unnecessary plastic products.
--Crissy Trask, author of Go Green, Spend Less, Live Better
"Plastic Purge is a witty, thoughtful, and very useful guide for people looking for a way out of our collective addiction to dangerous, polluting and (in many cases) completely unnecessary consumer products. Michael SanClements offers a breezy, fascinating, and insightful look at our buying habits, and how we might change them in ways that will help ourselves and our planet."
--McKay Jenkins, author of What's Gotten Into Us: Staying Healthy in a Toxic World