Floss is good for your teeth — but is it bad for the environment?

Grist
By Ask Umbra®Jun 25, 2015, 6:10 am184 pts
Q. Can we please talk about floss? One day I decided to open that little container and examine the roll of floss inside. “The roll is tiny,” I thought, especially compared to the packaging. Heck, there might be more plastic in the packaging than in the actual floss! So I started protesting big plastic from…

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