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RE: Drowning in Plastic — NOT! An Environmentally Positive Local News Snippet...

in #pollution5 years ago

Plastics seem to be causing huge concern among scientist today, in some cases it is actually the plastic a container is made out of and how that certain type of plastic can be broken down over time into foods, the recent alarm by scientist is compounds used in plastics that would otherwise be considered safe, such a plastic wraps for an example, except for they have found the chemicals used that make these plastics soft ( plasticisers) are what is breaking down into the foods. Although used in small amounts these would be considered safe what has them concerned is the overall popularity of use, (as in you buy a sandwich wrapped in plastic, your meat wrapped in plastic, you wrap your leftovers in plastics) it no longer becomes a small amount of exposure, especially to infants and small children whom over a period of time this can have reproductive effects in their future.

You almost need a degree in plastics now to understand the various applications and use of plastics as they find more creative ways to break down plastics for use, up to and including a lot of the containers that are sprayed with plastics coatings in fast food items that people often mistake for wax coating and how this all adds into the equation of the effects on one's health as they age from infancy to adulthood.

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