Archive for the ‘plastic in us’ Category
The grass verges of Kompot, Cambodia, are littered with plastic including chunks of polystyrene – that styrofoam to you Yanks. Chickens it seems love to eat polystyrene “Come on Pam” I hear you say “I know chickens are dumb but polystyrene?” Hey – I saw them with my own eyes. And I had my camera. [...]
“Many consumers already look for commercial products that do not contain Bisphenol A (BPA), an estrogenically active compound that some manufacturers use for creating plastics and which leaches out of products over time (estrogenically active compounds are suspected to lead to birth defects, cancers and other health problems). But BPA is only part of the [...]
A month ago I emailed a lot of people about plastic lined tin cans. Why? Because increasing numbers of people are worried about the potential health risks of Bisphenol A (BPA) leaching from the liner into the food. I suggested my friends might want to check whether the food they were eating came from plastic [...]
Sperm whale with netting wound round its lower jaw Originally uploaded by Bag the Bruck floating round the sea … killing all the sea beasts and ending up in me.
Whats in plastic might cost you your lady lumps. Not a nice subject I know but check out this breast cancer website – it might help you keep your bits.
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 [...]
#1 PETE plastic water bottles have been shown to leach antimony into water. A recent study conducted by University of Heidelberg researcher Bill Shotyk, and published in the January 2006 Journal of Environmental Monitoring, found antimony levels in PETE water bottles were higher than levels found where the water was sourced. According to Shotyk, consumers [...]
In 1998, Dr. Patricia Hunt of Case Western University in Ohio discovered that damaged or worn or warm plastics made from polycarbonate resin can leach biphenyl. As I am sure you know – biphenyl is a chemical suspected of causing damage to the reproductive organs. Other studies have confirmed those findings and just recently Canada [...]
When you eat or drink things stored in plastic, wear plastic, sit on plastic, taste it, smell it, and so on, plastic is incorporated into you. There is a bi-directional communication between plastic and things that contact it, meaning that plastic gets into the food, and food gets into the plastic, as well as you. [...]
Plastic doesnt biodegrade rather it degrades – it breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces. However small it is still plastic. It is now so small it is entering the foodchain from the very bottom. Copied from BBC News Dr Richard Thompson at the University of Plymouth is leading research into what happens when plastic [...]
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