The packaging on medications increases the cost to the NHS, and generates even more profits for the pharmaceutical industry. I have just spent the last hour, filling my pill dispensing wallet. This is a task which I carry out every two weeks, usually on alternate Sunday mornings. The reason for using a pill dispenser is that I have a significant number of various pills, which are usually taken in different combinations each day. Consequently, the possibility of taking the wrong dosage or the wrong pills, is avoided. It never ceases to amaze me, that at the end of this exercise, I always have at least half a carrier bag full of discarded pill boxes, instruction leaflets and numerous empty sheets of seven empty slots of tinfoil or thin plastic or a combination of both, where the pill for that particular medication was housed. In many cases the tin foil or plastic, requires a great amount of finger and thumb pressure to eject the incumbent pill. This ...
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http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/expiry-date-set-for-best-before-labels-9400151.html Expiry date set for ‘best before’ labels “Best before” labels on food could be scrapped A good idea and not before time. The biggest problem however, is the inordinate amount of packaging on every product resulting in waste, expense and a recycling problem. Layer after layer of superfluous plastic, cellophane,tin foil and tissue, all adding to the cost of the product and polluting our waste bins. Apart from food packaging, it seems fashionable amongst manufactures to wrap everything from Wilkinson Sword (and others) safety razors to soap and hand cream, in packaging which frequently requires the use of scissors or "Stanley knife" to gain access. The wrapping on medication is also excessive,and can be dangerous, particularly ...
Scientists warn of long-term damage of exposure to synthetics, including formaldehyde in drinks bottles
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/19/chemicals-leaching-food-packaging-safety-bmj Chemicals used in the processing, packaging and storing of the food, could damage to our health Scientists warn of long-term damage of exposure Science comes out to support what many of us have been shouting from the rooftops for years. The packaging on most foods is wasteful, excessive and un necessary. Moreover, the wrapping adds to the already high levels of additives, preservatives and chemicals in the food and is detrimental to our health! Science catches up with common knowledge. Better late than never.