Cotton Lunch Bags

Green Living - Questions & Answers

......with Debra Lynn Dadd

After recovering from MCS by removing toxic chemicals in her home, Debra Lynn Dadd went on to become a pioneering consumer advocate for health and the environment. Author of Home Safe Home, she also has a popular website containing a directory with more than 1000 links to nontoxic and eco-friendly products, a Q&A blog with many MCS bloggers, recipes for using natural sweeteners, and more. Debra is also available by phone for consultations. She lives in Florida with her husband, who drives a car powered by vegetable oil. Visit her website at http://www.dld123.com.

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009:

Cotton Lunch Bags

by Debra Lynn Dadd

Q:

Hi Debra,

love the newsletter. I cannot wait to buy the revised edition of your book! I have a quick question - are there alternatives to vinyl lunch bags? My nine year old son has a vinyl lunch bag (the cooler type) that really needs to be replaced and we hate the smell of new vinyl. Paper bags won't do, he really needs a lunch bag that stays cold for 4+ hours. No school lunch program yet, either. Help! Thank you so much for all the GREAT info!!

M. B.
Whitefish Bay, WI

A:

I don't know of any natural fiber lunch bags that are insulated, but there are a number of nice cotton lunch-bag size bags available online--some are even made with organically-grown cotton and reasonably priced too. What I would do is get a cotton bag and then insert one of those cold packs that you can refreeze. See if that works well enough for you.

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