tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71968362790018665632024-03-19T05:13:23.291-07:00"GROW - tips for LiViNG green!" by debrisNYC LESLiving in NYC in the LOWER EAST SIDE; i understand the importance of reducing my chemical use. if we could all reduce or examine how each of us use chemicals; then we might understand why it is imperative to take some immediate steps to reduce that consumption.debrisnychttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371315945732264900noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196836279001866563.post-78418308770902653492012-01-05T21:22:00.000-08:002012-01-05T21:31:23.614-08:00GROW - tips for LiViNG green! - Tip 006 - toothpaste marketing<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">Once again - marketing has so cleverly wormed its way into your pocket book! </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">A friend of mine told me that his father used to work at a toothbrush company (one of the big ones). They were trying to figure out ways that they could increase SALES!...so the old opening (rectangle) was changed to a circle opening; then, a swirl was added (to commercials and marketing materials) to show people how THEY want you to use the toothpaste! this tripled the sales.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">Obviously, ANY company wants to make money, and thats not the problem here. I think what bothers me most are these deliberate 'tactics' that annoy me. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">So when you are squeezing that toothpaste tomorrow morning; just remember...you REALLY dont need a ton of toothpaste - or the swirl. Those things just make the toothpaste companies richer.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">Reduce your use of perfume, or eliminate it altogether! </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">Marketing companies in America; have once again convinced the public that by using these perfumes; you will gain status, live glamously, you will be more attractive, etc.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">But PLEASE people consider this:</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">perfume is usually a chemical bathed in formaldehyde! how does smelling like chemicals make you a better, more attractive person? </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">Believe me; my nose is very sensative, and most perfumes to me-smell like bug spray, not roses or the beach. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">Whats worse, are the body sprays. In fact, most of them still contain harmfull propellents (which make them spray). </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">If you need a little extra scent, i recommend <a href="http://www.indigowild.com/products/aromatherapy-spray/eucalyptus/" target="_blank">zumbar</a> and <a href="http://www.deepsteep.com/cgi-bin/shop2/sc_searchz.cgi?user_id=11491&database=db_shopping.exm&template=shop_prod_sr2.html&0_option=1&0=16" target="_blank">deep steep</a> natural fragrances. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">We have to stop thinking that adding chemicals to our bodies will resolve 'THE STINK'. you gotta wash that stink off! and you dont do that by using chemicals! it just masks it. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">As far as being more glamourous, or have a better social status...well, thats up to YOU to determine...not some faux idea of that; conjured up by a marketing company; which has NO CLUE WHO YOU ARE! :-)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><img alt="" aria-busy="false" aria-describedby="fbPhotosSnowboxCaption" class="spotlight" src="http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/207571_10150177334493409_120593768408_6953460_7871031_n.jpg" /></span></span>debrisnychttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371315945732264900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196836279001866563.post-28513831147373083712012-01-02T09:19:00.000-08:002012-01-02T09:49:31.647-08:00GROW - tips for LiViNG green! - Tip 004 - water cleaning<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><b>Tip 004 - </b>replace<b> chemicals </b>with<b> water</b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;">Try this - when you are cleaning your house/apt; think about the amount of spray you use. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;">Start with water - then to disinfect give it a 'once over' with your favorite cleaning product. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;">Regarding your favorite product - WHY is it your favorite? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;">Some times WE get used to the idea of buying the same products over and over...just because its something we have said 'this works'. But rather than 'following' your regular brand, you REALLY should 'switch it up' - try something new.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;">some window cleaning products show 2 spritz from the spray bottle to clean a tiny mirror. why not try 1? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;">when you are cleaning tough messes in the kitchen, you should first use a reuseable sponge or my favorite - a dish brush; to cut down on the papertowel consumption. your cleaning time will be cut in half, and by using water, your chemical consumption is also reduced. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;">think about this - when you reduce the amount of chemicals you use, it in turn slows the process of the supply and demand...how that factory has now a smaller demand. this is a VERY small step...but its a start :-)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#333333;">i like seventh generation - <a href="http://www.seventhgeneration.com/">http://www.seventhgeneration.com</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">i still recommend starting with water.</span></span></div>debrisnychttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371315945732264900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196836279001866563.post-37358786449946735082012-01-01T18:56:00.000-08:002012-01-02T12:19:28.202-08:00GROW - tips for LiViNG green! - Tip 003 - new years resolution diets<div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">This is great! A fresh start. A new year.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">However, what soon follows are the daily tasks, stress and destractions that impede the original plans for a healthy lifestyle.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">The key to a successful health plan; is to understand that it is a LIFE CHANGE and not a diet. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">By that, I mean that your whole relationship (that YOU have with food) should be throughly examined. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">THE #1 RULE is to eat ONLY when you are hungry! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Do you eat because you are bored? or when you are angry? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Do you say, "i need some comfort food"? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Americans always seem to associate foods with comfort. When REALLY, food is about getting our bodies full of nutrition/energy. FUEL. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">So many people diet, and when the diet ends, they go back to their over eating and the junk foods. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">If we understand that food needs to supply our body with nutrients - then why do we have constant cravings for garbage? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Part of the problem; is that garbage foods usually contain addictive ingredients, in order to:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">well, that has NOTHING TO DO WITH FUELing OUR BODY! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">When you decide to change your relationship with food, and ASK yourself </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">WHY AM I EATING THIS? you will begin to gain an understanding.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial;">Good Luck with those resolutions!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"> </span></div>debrisnychttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371315945732264900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196836279001866563.post-14515335819724193372012-01-01T13:20:00.000-08:002012-01-01T17:23:49.089-08:00GROW - tips for LiViNG! - Tip 002 - chemical use - soaps<div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Man, there are alot of "SMELLS" out there! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Have YOU ever considered what the effects of perfume/soap could be on yourself; and others? </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Think about this - perfume and soaps are usually <b>chemicals</b>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">For an example only; lets use an old 'tried an true' soap - IVORY.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">The commercials say that it gets you 'clean' ...right. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Think about this...doesnt water pretty much do the same thing? </span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">If you get dirty in the yard...water can wash that dirt right off.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Too many people in this country have been convinced by corporations that they need to get chemicalized - to get a sense of being clean...when really, its only adding nonsense to your body (perfume does NOT = CLEAN)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">From wikipedia - here are the ingredients in Ivory soap - </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><h2 style="background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; font-size:19px;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Ingredients" style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;">Ingredients</span></h2><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;">The Ivory soap bar (classic) had contained: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_tallowate" title="Sodium tallowate" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">sodium tallowate</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_cocoate" title="Sodium cocoate" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">sodium cocoate</a> or sodium palm kernelate, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water" title="Water" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">water</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_chloride" title="Sodium chloride" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">sodium chloride</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_silicate" title="Sodium silicate" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">sodium silicate</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_sulfate" title="Magnesium sulfate" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">magnesium sulfate</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragrance" title="Fragrance" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">fragrance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_(soap)#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup> The soap bar had a determined <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PH" title="PH" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">pH</a> value: 9.5.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_(soap)#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;">New varieties of Ivory soap contain altered ingredients, such as in "Simply Ivory" (or <i>"simplement ivory"</i>): <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_tallowate" title="Sodium tallowate" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">sodium tallowate</a> and/or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_palmate" title="Sodium palmate" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">sodium palmate</a>, water, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_cocoate" title="Sodium cocoate" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">sodium cocoate</a> or sodium palm kernelate, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerin" title="Glycerin" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">glycerin</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_chloride" title="Sodium chloride" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">sodium chloride</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragrance" title="Fragrance" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">fragrance</a>, one or more of the following: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coconut_acid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coconut acid (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">coconut acid</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palm_kernel_acid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palm kernel acid (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">palm kernel acid</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallow" title="Tallow" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">tallow</a> acid or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palm_acid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palm acid (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">palm acid</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrasodium_EDTA" title="Tetrasodium EDTA" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">tetrasodium EDTA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-barpack_2-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_(soap)#cite_note-barpack-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span style="background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color:initial;">[</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- white-space: nowrap;">3</span></span><span style="background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color:initial;">]</span></a></sup></span></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;">EDTA - </span></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;">The compound was first described in 1935 by Ferdinand Munz, who prepared the compound from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylenediamine" title="Ethylenediamine" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">ethylenediamine</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroacetic_acid" title="Chloroacetic acid" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">chloroacetic acid</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrasodium_EDTA#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> Today, EDTA is mainly synthesised from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylenediamine" title="Ethylenediamine" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">ethylenediamine</a> (1,2-diaminoethane), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formaldehyde" title="Formaldehyde" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">formaldehyde</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_cyanide" title="Sodium cyanide" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">sodium cyanide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrasodium_EDTA#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; ">[3]</a></sup> This route yields the sodium salt, which can be converted in a subsequent step into the acid forms:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">In this way, about 80M kilograms are produced each year. Impurities cogenerated by this route include <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycine" title="Glycine" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">glycine</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrilotriacetic_acid" title="Nitrilotriacetic acid" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; ">nitrilotriacetic acid</a>; they arise from reactions of the ammonia coproduct.<sup id="cite_ref-Ullmann_3-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrasodium_EDTA#cite_note-Ullmann-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span>[</span>4</a></sup></p></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:sans-serif;"><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;color:#660000;">____________________________________</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;">_____________________________________________</span></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><b>So, now you tell me how THAT (the above) determins that you are clean? as opposed to just using water? </b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">It seems to me that rather than cleaning OFF the 'dirty', its an application of chemicals and fragrance (of course; with the exception of the chelating ingredient...which can be drying AND/OR damaging).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">I like zum bar -<a href="http://www.indigowild.com/products/natural-soap/patchouli-orange/"> orange /patchouli </a> - check out their ingredients: </span></div><div class="ingredients-container" style=" font-style: normal; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="copy" style="text-align: justify; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;color:#999999;">Saponified 100% food grade olive, coconut, palm & castor oils, in a goat's milk base, with herbs, pure essential oils, mineral pigments and aloe.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">We cant totally escape being chemicalized...but we DO have the choice to not be fooled by large corporations convincing us that we CLEAN via toxification.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><a href="http://debrisnycles.blogspot.com/2012/01/grow-tips-for-living.html">page 1 - home</a> next</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 72px; font-family:sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 72px; font-family:sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 72px; font-family:sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;">___________________________</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div></div></div>debrisnychttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371315945732264900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196836279001866563.post-19559300132241955392012-01-01T12:49:00.000-08:002012-01-01T17:24:35.961-08:00GROW - tips for LiViNG! - Tip 001<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#999999;"><b>GROW - tips for LiViNG! - Tip 001 - reduce energy consumption</b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">One might question; 'where DOES electricity come from' - 'how is it made?'</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Although this idea, or thought may seem 'simple' to some...I am quite sure that most people really dont know that answer.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">So, my first tip of the year is; </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">In order to understand how and WHY we need to conserve energy; we must first understand where it comes from, and knowing that will HOPEFULLY help us to understand why we need to reduce our energy consumption.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><a href="http://www.alliantenergykids.com/EnergyBasics/AllAboutElectricity/000419">http://www.alliantenergykids.com/EnergyBasics/AllAboutElectricity/000419</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div></div></blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#666666;">click to enlarge</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeyHjdHVKpeRqwdK1ACJfdcwZKqGgxSWMufTLTuACeA1eQzJkTqv4PgzzRUr6IasK1GY4Ynm9Y9ohBOMPpcEqY4sv-TwZjeAr6Yg7SbVvftB8PbMRH1Dsl0LxRogv7rc7blmJFQv8-e7E/s1600/TiP+001+electricity.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeyHjdHVKpeRqwdK1ACJfdcwZKqGgxSWMufTLTuACeA1eQzJkTqv4PgzzRUr6IasK1GY4Ynm9Y9ohBOMPpcEqY4sv-TwZjeAr6Yg7SbVvftB8PbMRH1Dsl0LxRogv7rc7blmJFQv8-e7E/s400/TiP+001+electricity.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692770121871078658" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#999999;"><a href="http://debrisnycles.blogspot.com/2012/01/grow-tips-for-living.html">page 1 - home</a> <a href="http://debrisnycles.blogspot.com/2012/01/grow-tips-for-living-tip-002-chemical.html">page 2 - next</a></span></div>debrisnychttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371315945732264900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196836279001866563.post-47990787586732602342012-01-01T11:32:00.000-08:002012-01-01T18:55:29.925-08:00GROW - tips for LiViNG!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJDAyuk0BpIxIM3RtIqLQDvWaYYOsXPBUm9pD7hyphenhyphenRCzk9KcBlh-S1vjgf6G4KF3SzmKf_c6ht7OKGxQDQdGz2a0yvlxLd0DGNtbqkRX1i5yz1YIHzB2h8DPi0Nhn5wIHRtx7QTCuD_sAU/s1600/grow.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 205px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJDAyuk0BpIxIM3RtIqLQDvWaYYOsXPBUm9pD7hyphenhyphenRCzk9KcBlh-S1vjgf6G4KF3SzmKf_c6ht7OKGxQDQdGz2a0yvlxLd0DGNtbqkRX1i5yz1YIHzB2h8DPi0Nhn5wIHRtx7QTCuD_sAU/s400/grow.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692753792794745346" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cccccc;"><b>GROW - tips for LiViNG! - Intro<br /></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#999999;">This blog is about tips for living in the modern world. With so many influences; the public (especially the American Public) has been convinced to use chemicals to lighten, brighten, improve and enhance their lives - all to the benefit of corporate gain. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#999999;">I am suggesting that we RECLAIM our existence - RECLAIM our BRAIN! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#999999;">Think logically when we use these products - TO OUR BENEFIT. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#999999;">All of the content within this blog - is solely based on MY thoughts and experiences in life. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#999999;">The 'TIPS" are also mere suggestions to make people think and to UNCONDITION society.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#999999;">I am not a 'green' expert; nor am i a nutritionist. I am just like everyone else in this country. a consumer- who is tired of contributing to the chain of supply and demand. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#999999;">I want to make a difference in the world and how we live in that world; in order to make it a BETTER world. ya dig?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#999999;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#999999;">enjoy! life! :-)</span></div>debrisnychttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03371315945732264900noreply@blogger.com0