Are you still buying water in plastic bottles?

New evidence is is suggesting those plastic bottles may not be benign.

Scientists in Germany have found that PET plastics -- the kind used to make water bottles, among many other common products -- may also harbor hormone-disrupting chemicals that leach into the water. Read more about the dangers of plastic water bottles.

Save money, avoid the chemicals from plastic bottles by carrying your own water from home in a metal water bottle. It won't take long for the purchase of metal water bottle to pay for itself over and over. I personally like these US Canteen style waterbottles and holsters but there are lost of cheaper and stylish Metal Water Bottles available.

At pennies a bucket-full, you can wash your windows with white vinegar, water and newspapers. Plus, it's environmentally safe!

Recipe:

• 1/4 white vinegar
• 2 cups water
• 3/4 teaspoons of dish-soap

Mix the 3 ingredients in a large bowl or bucket. Take newspaper, about a page at a time and crumple it up like you'd use a paper towel. Dip the paper into the mix and wash your windows.

Alternative: pour the mix into a stray-bottle and soak the windows that way before wiping with the newspaper.  (OK, if you don't get a paper, there's probably a neighbor who does, or you may find a bag or two of the free local ones in your driveway.)

Why is newspaper better than using paper towels? NO LINT and no cost (recycling/reusing). Try it... you'll be thrilled with the results and the money still in your wallet.