Alert in from When-I-Grow-Up-I-Wanna-Be-You, Ellen:


Go Green Lunchbox
Do you spose there are more right-side-up skulls on the back?
Lead-free I get, but what in tarnation is “leach-free”? “Unique erasable white board” on the inside flap so you can write a “loving note or simple reminder to your child.” Ha! Big Mother is watching you. Which reminds me. Once when he was tiny he asked me, “Are you gonna get old and sick and die and you won’t be my mother anymore?” I fixed him with a steely stare and said with a stone-cold tone, “I will always be your mother.” Ha! Big Mother will always be watching you.
Also available in Gator Dots and Hound’s Tooth!


More than you might want to know about leaching:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=plastic-not-fantastic-with-bisphenol-a
Here’s a taste of how we are poisoning ourselves:
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a ubiquitous compound in plastics. First synthesized in 1891, the chemical has become a key building block of plastics from polycarbonate to polyester; in the U.S. alone more than 2.3 billion pounds (1.04 million metric tons) of the stuff is manufactured annually.
Since at least 1936 it has been known that BPA mimics estrogens, binding to the same receptors throughout the human body as natural female hormones. And tests have shown that the chemical can promote human breast cancer cell growth as well as decrease sperm count in rats, among other effects. These findings have raised questions about the potential health risks of BPA, especially in the wake of hosts of studies showing that it leaches from plastics and resins when they are exposed to hard use or high temperatures (as in microwaves or dishwashers).
Thank you. Headed out to buy metal bottles today. Ugh.