I’m a Barbie Girl…
Lifes fantastic when your plastic…. better had be as we’ve all got the plastic in us
The chemicals im plastic appear to be mobile – ie they can leach from the plastic product into your food.
If its not the leaching its the fish and chips. When it finally does finally break down plastic doesn’t actually biodegrade it photo degrades. It falls apart in to smaller and smaller toxic particles. These are then absorbed into the surrounding environment entering the water and earth and so the food chain and so into us.
Some of the chemicals used to make plastic have not actually been passed as fit for human consumption – or are known to affect our hormones. At the moment everyone is worried about BPA which can now be found in nearly everything. So I might not be a barbie girl for much longer
Whats in your plastic?
The chemicals in plastic are added to give plastic a wide range of properties. However some of those chemicals are extremely toxic. Here are some of the baddies – for more details click names.
Dioxins
Dioxins, which are highly toxic even at low doses, and are produced when plastics are manufactured and incinerated.
BPA can leach into food from the epoxy linings in cans or from polycarbonate bottles. Many studies have evaluated BPA as a hormone disruptor. Pregnant women and very young children are considered by some to be especially at risk.
Phthalates
To make clingflim clingy manufacturers add various toxic chemicals known as “plasticizers” during production. Traces of these chemicals can leak out of PVC when it comes in contact with foods. Yikes. Whats more they are “reasonably anticipated” to be carcinogens and are not good for lab rats.
Antimony
#1 PETE plastic water bottles have been shown to leach antimony into water. Small dose of which make you sick large doses can kill you. Ughh.
Follow the link to find out how the plastic gets inside you – go to the plastic in me
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or check out the flickr group
More Photos or pictures of plastic pollution on google
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September 10, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog.
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February 16, 2012 at 8:13 pm
Thanks for all you do. I wish I’d had this information when my little girl was chewing on those Barbie shoes 2o years ago!
February 21, 2012 at 1:41 pm
and pens….don’t like to think how many pens I chewed through in boring lessons, meetings and while writing difficult letters – god life was hard back then….