Read n Seed 5: Fourth Quarter & Final Review of Trash Talk

The end has come and I have completed my book, Trash Talk.

The book had lots of good concepts.  It showed ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle.  It provided lots of statistics of if we did this, instead of that, how much would be saved and protected.  Paper and trees were discussed mainly throughout this book.  Ways to recycle and reuse products before they're completely disposed of.  The most significant things I learned from this book are:

- Ways to reuse products...empty dog food bad as recycle bins, toothbrushes as cleaning utensil

- Statistics of how recycling saves our forests and landfills

- New ideas to continue recycling & reusing
This book was filled with lots of new information for me.  Yes, I try to recycle as much as I can.  This book gave me new ideas to continue and recycle/save even more!  Every little bit counts.  However, this book was a little extreme for me.  Some of there ideas are a little more difficult to follow.  It's a whole new "style" that you'd have to learn to incorporate in your daily life.  I would recommend this book to those who are willing to make these extreme changes.  Otherwise, continue what you've been doing...reuse, reduce, recycle.

Eye Opener: Environmental Working Group

The product that I chose to look up was my favorite, Covergirl Lash Blast Volume Mascara.  The ingredients within this product our linked to:
- cancer
- development/reproductive toxicity
- allergies/immunotoxicity
- use restrictions
- Other concerns for ingredients used in this product: 
Endocrine disruption, Persistence and bioaccumulation,Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Multiple, additive exposure sources, Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs),Enhanced skin absorption, Contamination concerns,Occupational hazards, Biochemical or cellular level changes

I feel along with what we have learned about everything else so far...nothing is going to be good for us.  I can't believe something so small can lead to so many other hazardous things.  Although, each person's susceptibility is different & each of the ingredients is only a small amount, there is always that chance that something could happen.  So far so good though.  Maybe i'll have to take a look into other options and brands out there.  (For those of you who didn't know...The Whole Foods Co-op has there own line of makeup products!)