I wrote this piece some 6 years ago. And, given the fact that I just watched a CVS pharmacist manifest this dangerous behavior (and I told her why she stop forthwith), I realized that many of you may not recall- or ever read in the first place- about this danger.
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Paper wins!
I just finished my Jewish holidays- and then was inundated with folks who failed to file their taxes on the 15th of April. And, what did they do for the ensuing six months? From what I can tell, absolutely nothing. Three of them brought the ubiquitous shoe box- you know, a year’s collection of receipts. The problem? Most of those receipts were printed via heat sensitive ink- and now, 10 to 22 months later, they are a mess of grey blobs, having faded to obscurity.
One less nickel and dime tax
When we moved to Virginia from Ann Arbor and Cambridge, we were more than a little surprised. (I am not talking about the culture shock nor the concept that “there’s a chance of snow tomorrow and schools will be closed” either.)
This is a REAL Halloween scare!
You know those clear plastic containers? The ones made of polycarbonate. Well, many of them have a lining comprised of bisphenol A (BPA). This coating helps make the plastic harder, keeps microbial contamination out of the foods they contain, or, when used on cans instead of plastic bottles, the coating stops the cans from rusting. Oh, and
BPA has tremendous endocrine effects. NOT good ones.