Plastic Concerns

@blm1007blm1007 I so agree with you on this! Of course it's impossible to get completely away from plastics, nebulizers being another example. I don't let it bother me though because there isn't anything we can do about it. I remind myself of all the plastic we have been able to eliminate and that gives me peace of mind. You could add a water filter to your faucet or use filtered water through your refrigerator. Of course the water line is plastic 🙁 but still better than bottled water. If we go somewhere and need to bring water we use our stainless steel travel mugs or thermos.

I filter my water and use a stainless steal bottle. The tube on the nebulizer I think is rubber but the breathing apparatus is plastic. Can't help that. I do change them out regularly though. The Aerobika; we are pushing the air out so hopefully there isn't any plastic being inhaled. I get a new one though every time I see the pulmonologist. They are generous and give them to patients for free. I now use glass containers for food storage. I've also started using metal tea strainers and bark tea filters since so many tea bags are plastic now. We can only do so much. Being aware and trying to reduce plastic use is best.

the Lifestraw pitcher is glass

@blm1007blm1007 , Hi Barbara, I boil water and pour it into glass water bottles I buy on Amazon, they are great. Been using them for months. They do come with a cap.
I use the acapella rather than the Aerobika, because I find the Aerobika smells too much plasticky and it bothers me. I replace nebbing cups every 3 months, hoping the plastic does not detoriorate too much during that time, replace the tubing every 2 weeks.
I also do keep in mind that plastic is everywhere and it is impossible to avoid it. This is the world we live in.
Best wishes of great health to all of us!

I have the Life Factory glass bottles with the exterior protection around them for transport and I also have a stainless steel cup/thermos.
I am going to look into and research filters at the faucet.
Thank you Mary.
Barbara

Yes, thanks. I am using glass food storage and metal tea strainers. Yes, we all feel we can only do so much with so much being out of our individual control. Hoping those in charge in Washington get onto this overuse of plastic by the food producers and works/pushes to get the food producers to change to glass and other healthier ways of packaging things. I grew up when we use to return the glass bottles and receive a shinny nickel in return and when the milkman delivered milk in glass bottles to your door by putting the bottles in the milk box at your door. Hoping 'what goes around comes around' and a return to some of the better things and ways of the past. 🤔
Barbara

Yes, I also boil the purified water I buy in those darn large plastic bottles and then place the water into the Life Factory glass bottles/transport bottle containers to either use at home or in transport.
Barbara

@blm1007blm1007 , why don't you boil tap water? just skip the plastic from the large plastic bottles.
best wishes of great health to all of us!

This spring, my husband installed an undersink, tankless, 8 stage water filter system in our kitchen, which we purchased online. It came with a separate faucet, which we installed in the hole that our soap dispenser had been in.
The company states the filters can remove many contaminants such as metals, including reducing bacteria with diameter larger than 0.0001 um.
Since I don't believe everything that companies claim, I use the water out of this independent faucet to still boil my drinking water and the water I use to boil nebulizer parts. I also use this faucet for washing fruits & veggies and feel it is safer than using the city water.
Previously, I had to scrub the mineral residue left in my boiling pan or glass carafe after boiling, when using our other existing faucet with city water. I now don't have any mineral deposits collecting in my containers after boiling. This also eliminated plastic containers & lugging home gallons of distilled water or spring drinking water. I store extra boiled drinking water in glass bottles, which I transport to my bathroom sink for use there to brush teeth, etc.
As there are many companies, we did much research online into undersink filter systems, that would meet some of my concerns, wouldn't break the budget & not be too difficult for my husband to install.

Thanks. I am giving much thought to all of this, again, reading info online.
Barbara