(IJCH) Bent out of shape over plastic straws? Seriously!? And I suppose you think saccharin is bad too?
(IJCH) Bent out of shape over plastic straws? Seriously!? And I suppose you think saccharin is bad too?
IJCH - Inside JaiChai's Head (Meaning: My Warped, Personal Opinions and Musings)
From the Author:
Salutations.
I am JaiChai.
And if I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you before, I'm delighted to make your acquaintance now.
I invite you to interact with everyone, learn, and have as much fun as possible!
For my returning online friends, "It's always great to see you again!"
I totally agree with this well-written post by @wolfhart:
"Ulog # ? -Banning Plastic Straws ?????
Article Link:
https://steemit.com/ulog/@wolfhart/ulog-banning-plastic-straws-71a9b2fbc033est
It prompted me to submit this comment:
Bent out of shape over plastic straws? Seriously!? And I suppose you think saccharin is bad too?
(To: @wolfhart)
I agree with your sentiments.
Relatively speaking, there are much bigger fish to fry.
Sure, litter is a worldwide issue.
And to confound things even more, people are still stuck in the 1960's "down with plastic" mindset.
Erroneously, they still believe all the past propaganda (e.g., "Plastic - it's poisoning our babies!", etc.).
Imagine this.
Unbeknownst to most people, the widely held belief of the toxicity and health hazards of plastics have since been debunked.
In other words, from the beginning, BPA has gotten a bum rap.
What is BPA?
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an organic synthetic compound with the chemical formula (CH3)2C(C6H4OH)2 belonging to the group of diphenylmethane derivatives and bisphenols, with two hydroxyphenyl groups.
It is a colorless solid that is soluble in organic solvents, but poorly soluble in water. It has been in commercial use since 1957.
Decades of studies since its demonization in the '60s shows that its ban was totally unwarranted.
The Dosage is the Poison
OMG! There's saccharin in this!?
No need for alarm.
Similar to BPAs, saccharin studies were inherently flawed; that is, generalizing animal studies where >1,000X normal dosages/exposures is just plain stupid and alarmist.
And let's not forget that animal biology can greatly differ from humans.
For example, eating chocolate can give dogs arrhythmias (and sometimes, death) depending on the size of the dog and the amount of chocolate ingested.
This is because they don't possess a lot of the enzyme required to metabolize chocolate properly.
Consequently, a chemical in chocolate called theobromine can accumulate and overwhelm a dog's normal physiology.
Humans easily metabolize theobromine, but dogs process it much more slowly, allowing it to build up to toxic levels in their system.
What can happen to the dog next?
With large amounts, theobromine can produce muscle tremors, seizures, an irregular heartbeat, internal bleeding or a heart attack.
The onset of theobromine poisoning is usually marked by severe hyperactivity.
OK.
Back to the truth about saccharin...
We are not rats! That's why saccharin can't harm us!
.png)
.png){kind=link}
Rat's urine is highly acidic; hence, the "rat trails" I would find with a fluorescent lamp while rodent hunting onboard ships, in mass barracks, and in military grain depots.
Consequently, high doses (I'm talking mega-doses) of saccharin caused crystals that lead to bladder cancer; while having no affect on human urine and bladders.
Nevertheless, saccharin was banned in 1981, and not until recently (2014), saccharin had long been considered carcinogenic because it produced bladder tumours in rats.
Saccharin is now unbanned, with more than 100 countries worldwide legitimately allowing saccharin as a food sweetening additive...
Namaste, JaiChai
P.S.
You did it again! I was just thinking about something to post about. This comment will do just fine. And of course, props to you and a link to your post will be in it. Thanks, buddy!
(End of comment)
By JaiChai
Mighty Kind of You for stopping by.
Truly hope to see you again!
About the Author
Believing that school was too boring, he dropped out of High School early; only to earn an AA, BS and MBA in less than 4 years much later in life – while working full-time as a Navy/Marine Corps Medic.
In spite of a fear of heights and deep water, he performed high altitude, free-fall parachute jumps and hazardous diving ops in deep, open ocean water.
After 24 years of active duty, he retired in Asia.
Since then, he's been a full-time, single papa and actively pursuing his varied passions (Writing, Disruptive Technology, Computer Science and Cryptocurrency - plus more hobbies too boring or bizarre for most folk).
He lives on an island paradise with his teenage daughter, longtime girlfriend and three dogs.
You got a 100.00% Upvote and Resteem from @ebargains, as well as upvotes from our curation trail followers!
If you are looking to earn a passive no hassle return on your Steem Power, delegate your SP to @ebargains by clicking on one of the ready to delegate links:
50SP | 100SP | 250SP | 500SP | 1000SP | 5000SP | Custom Amount
You will earn 90% of the voting service's earnings based on your delegated SP's prorated share of the service's SP pool daily! That is up to 38.5% APR! You can also undelegate at anytime.
We are also a very profitable curation trail leader on https://steemauto.com/. Follow @ebargains today and earn more on curation rewards!
You might want to take a look at what plastic is doing to our oceans before telling everyone how great it is, it makes you look quite silly.
As for straws, the point is that they are not needed by anyone except those that have a temporary injury or permanent disability and then they can be quite useful. Nobody NEEDS them, we can consume our drinks without them so they are not necessary. Its hardly like not using them brings any hardship to anybody.
I agree that there are bigger fish to fry but those fish might need to be given a second thought before being fried, thats the point, straws whether available or not shouldn't matter to anyone so not sure why you're triggered by them.
P.S. my children have decided not to use them any more, are you happy with a 6 year old having more foresight than you.
P.P.S every piece of plastic ever made is still with us, just let that sink in while eating your mussels. (you can google mussels and plastic if you don't get the reference)
And I'm all for recycling plastic and NOT polluting the land or the oceans.
Did I say that I was pro-littering in my post?
Point it out and I will delete it immediately!
Thanks for commenting, I upvoted it.
And double-thanks. You just made me feel 50 years younger...
To ban plastic straws is a half asar response and will achieve NO result.
But it is OK because you can still have your plastic cups and lids.
To say plastics are bad and walk past a piece of trash on the ground makes people Hippocrates not environmentalist
Hopefully people will start to take action or even just think about their use which will be a start. I live in the UK so we are not affected even half as badly as some parts of the world so I suppose I could just ignore it and carry on regardless.
I should give you some background on why this is a current news trend, there was a massively popular TV show on recently presented by David Attenborough who is a British institution. It was called Blue Planet and featured our planets oceans. In that show there were incredibly emotive images of a sea turtle with a plastic straw inserted in its nose. Now you may argue that its ridiculous to change policy because of one animals plight but people have had an emotional response to it and have started to question whether plastic straws are necessary. It's just one of those things. My kids have decided they don't want to use straws any more, it may be a drop in the ocean (to coin a phrase) but I'm not going to rain on their parade as its a tiny but positive act,
Now I'm more bothered about plastic micro beads that are being used in washing powders etc so those products are not purchased by us. I/we don't claim to have all the answers but lots of small positive acts add up and are all baby steps in the right direction.
You are right that we could all do more and hopefully we all will to help this planet that we all share and all call home.
What is happening to our oceans with trash is a disgrace.
This so called effort on the plastic straws has nothing to do with our environment. Starbucks a billion dollar company pretty much started this trend with the banning. Its about the bottom line. paper straws cost less then plastic in bulk. Replace the lid with a combo lid straw, that uses more plastic but cost less to purchase.
The trash in the ocean will not be reduced. May not add to it but will do noting to improve it.
The campaign was to decrease plastic use. Deception is what it is.
People can't even bend over and pick up a piece of trash off the ground that they see. Or throw the wrapper on the ground instead of walking 15 ft. to a garbage can. There is a start and everyone can be involved.
Lets be honest and have the discussion. With out self interest clouding the water
Some would say that the only real power that the people now have is their power as a consumer. If people refuse straws when they are offered (or anything else for that natter) and also stop buying them then no corporation (no matter how large) will make them. It's easy, don't want them - don't use them and the problem is sorted.
The same goes for any product that is toxic, environmentally unfriendly or any other negative you care to mention.
No corporation will produce products that they can't sell so a lot of the power is with the people.
Now there is another issue with damaging manufacturing processes etc which require more research and education to learn about but as a start, don't like - don't buy or use can achieve a lot.
LOL yes that is absolutely correct.
But people will complain about or prevent others from things but not themselves.
Yep! Seattle where I live has banned straws. Too bad people with disabilities need them to drink. Oversight on their part.
This is a very good post. What an idea you got. 😀
To much miss information is out there and people just accept if with out any thought.
Thanks for the mention buddy 👍
I like your creativity for plastic.
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Namaste, JaiChai
Thank you very much for this write-up. Until now i never know chocolate affects dog, shacarrine has negetive effect on both rat and human being and lot more. Once again Thanks a lot.
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Namaste, JaiChai
Congratulations! This post has been upvoted from the communal account, @minnowsupport, by JaiChai from the Minnow Support Project. It's a witness project run by aggroed, ausbitbank, teamsteem, theprophet0, someguy123, neoxian, followbtcnews, and netuoso. The goal is to help Steemit grow by supporting Minnows. Please find us at the Peace, Abundance, and Liberty Network (PALnet) Discord Channel. It's a completely public and open space to all members of the Steemit community who voluntarily choose to be there.
If you would like to delegate to the Minnow Support Project you can do so by clicking on the following links: 50SP, 100SP, 250SP, 500SP, 1000SP, 5000SP.
Be sure to leave at least 50SP undelegated on your account.
This was a nice article, very entertaining and thanks for the info, for me as a newbie well it gives me a pointer, hope to enjoy sharing blogs with Steem.
This post was resteemed by @steemvote and received a 89.42% Upvote. Send 0.5 SBD or STEEM to @steemvote
There are hundreds of unknown toxins and "new" chemicals in the water supply here in the US. Not that plastic is good, but the release of new chemicals with unknown effects is scary. Who does not fear the unknown?
I agree. But it's not the plastic's fault that people are careless, no?
When I left the military medical scene, not only were used needles disposed of in the red "Sharps" containers, the plastic syringes were thrown in too.
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Namaste, JaiChai