http://greenlivingworks.com/get-green-with-your-coffee-use-a-travel-mug/46 Green Living Tips for Everyone! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:41:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://greenlivingworks.com/get-green-with-your-coffee-use-a-travel-mug/46#comment-11 Keep Dioxins Out of Your Coffee with Unbleached Filters | Green Living Works! Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:47:12 +0000 http://greenlivingworks.com/?p=46#comment-11 [...] So many of us need a caffeine jolt from coffee to get our days started. Nothing is wrong with that. But, you should know, especially if you brew your own coffee at home, that there are dioxins in your bleached coffee filters! Yes, dioxins, which are carcinogenic chlorinated hydrocarbons that add up in our bodies and stay in the environment. Dioxins are persistent organic pollutants, meaning that they can move within the ecosystem, as well as from coffee filters to the coffee. Actually, almost 25 percent of the residual dioxins in bleached coffee filters can end up in brewed coffee and become ingested. Dioxins bio-accumulate, making drinking small amounts regularly add up to dangerous levels. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that the exposure to dioxins from bleached coffee filters alone is enough to exceed the lifetime “acceptable” limit of dioxins (there really is no “safe” level). Fortunately, unbleached coffee filters are available, and using them are a great way to have dioxin-free coffee. You can even order them online from Amazon.com below. Don’t forget to use a reusable mug! [...] [...] So many of us need a caffeine jolt from coffee to get our days started. Nothing is wrong with that. But, you should know, especially if you brew your own coffee at home, that there are dioxins in your bleached coffee filters! Yes, dioxins, which are carcinogenic chlorinated hydrocarbons that add up in our bodies and stay in the environment. Dioxins are persistent organic pollutants, meaning that they can move within the ecosystem, as well as from coffee filters to the coffee. Actually, almost 25 percent of the residual dioxins in bleached coffee filters can end up in brewed coffee and become ingested. Dioxins bio-accumulate, making drinking small amounts regularly add up to dangerous levels. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that the exposure to dioxins from bleached coffee filters alone is enough to exceed the lifetime “acceptable” limit of dioxins (there really is no “safe” level). Fortunately, unbleached coffee filters are available, and using them are a great way to have dioxin-free coffee. You can even order them online from Amazon.com below. Don’t forget to use a reusable mug! [...]

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