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This plastic world
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Over the last 20 years, we have been led to believe that drinking bottled water is saving us from disease. This belief needs to be shattered now. Plastic bottles are amongst the many sources of microplastic particles entering our bodies. A new study has confirmed microplastics in human excretion. The reports raise alarms over how widespread the tiny particles are in the human food chain. The scientists conducting the study suggest that the results would be true for 50 percent of the world’s population. Not only is plastic filtering into our food, it seems that all varieties of plastic are making their way into our gut. The scientists tested 10 varieties of plastic and found up to nine different varieties present in the stool samples. The particles present include those present in cosmetics as well as those broken down from larger plastic materials, often in the sea. While further studies are necessary, the verdict that humanity faces a serious threat from plastic is a firm one. Already, it was confirmed earlier this year that 83 percent of the world’s tap water is polluted with microplastics.
There appears to be no way out of the plastic world we have created. The substance invented to make consumption easier could very much destroy our planet on its own. The health effects of plastics are not well-documented, however, its effect on sea life has been devastating. The trouble is that plastic is virtually indestructible. Burning is the only way to destroy most plastic material, but that comes with the release of poisonous gas.
It is estimated that almost eight billion tonnes of plastic is present in our land, our water, and our oceans. From the study of marine life, we know that plastic does not just kill by obstruction, it is also toxic and a hormone disruptor. Plastic materials often attract other toxins as well as microbial pathogens. Plastic particles can break down in the human gut and move to other organs in the body. Some researchers in Paris found microplastics in rain particles, with scientists claiming we could even be breathing microplastics. Such is the spread of microplastics that this would not be a surprise. In Europe, a range of actions has been approved, including a ban on microplastics in cosmetics, a ban on single-use plastic products, and collecting 90 percent single-use plastic drink bottles by 2025. Plastic bags have been banned in a number of countries, but the question is whether these actions are enough. We could be taking too little action too late. The world needs a bold plan to tackle plastic pollution.
17 Comments on "This plastic world"
Gaia on Mon, 29th Oct 2018 8:24 am
Plastic is destroying life. It takes many, many years to break down. We should genetically modify micro-organisms to speed up the break down the plastics.
jj on Mon, 29th Oct 2018 9:14 am
Everything is being wrapped in plastic
Go Speed Racer on Tue, 30th Oct 2018 12:59 am
We should set all the plastic on fire.
That way it can’t become part of the environment
cause the plastic is gone.
And the black smoke is all blown away.
Kevin Cobley on Tue, 30th Oct 2018 4:21 pm
It’s weird that food and drugs are subject to serious safety regulations but giant corporations can throw anything they like into the ecosystem without a single test of toxicity.
I AM THE MOB on Tue, 30th Oct 2018 5:18 pm
KANYE WEST
I’VE BEEN USED!!! Breaks From Trump
http://www.tmz.com/2018/10/30/kanye-west-donald-trump-used-blexit-candace-owens/
Schop alsjeblieft de anti-Amerikaanse hond die ik van graniet heb on Tue, 30th Oct 2018 5:45 pm
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Schop alsjeblieft de anti-Amerikaanse hond die ik van graniet heb on Tue, 30th Oct 2018 5:47 pm
بعض النزوات 4chan تغزو هذا المنتدى. SENTAPBVs وسائل الإعلام ميتة وهذا هو سلوك اليائس في محاولة للتنكر مثل ^ mm ^ و supertard. انها على الارجح رفاقا للسيد ثيدريتش السباق
I AM THE MOB on Tue, 30th Oct 2018 6:08 pm
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All the whitest states are into incest apparently.,
Sick fuckers
Davy on Tue, 30th Oct 2018 6:49 pm
“Self Segregation” – Niall Ferguson Exposes The Destructive Power Of Social Networks”
https://tinyurl.com/y6ughv5z
“The conventional wisdom promoted by the developers of social networks was that they would provide immense benefits to society through faster and broader connectivity. That view was shattered by Niall Ferguson, who called services like Facebook and Twitter “crazy ideas gone viral, with deeply negative implications.”
“Giant social networks, like Facebook and Twitter, do not form an online social community. Instead, a large social network will “self-segregate” into opposing clusters, according to Ferguson. In the realm of politics, social networks have gravitated to become platforms for those with strongly held liberal and conservative views, with far fewer members offering centrist opinions.”
“In the realm of network science, this process is called “preferential attachment.” When you create a large network, Ferguson said, new nodes (i.e., the people who become its members) are incentivized to join the already well-connected nodes. As networks grow they are not “flat,” he said. Instead, they are highly clustered around those members with “monopolistic” power; everyone else has relatively few connections. Social networks evolve so that there are two kinds of members: users and owners. The owners become fantastically wealthy, he said. The users don’t realize that if the service if free, then they are the product.”
“Political implications Networks are designed to maximize engagement, Ferguson said, and that favors moving people further out on the ideological spectrum. Studies have shown that liberals retweet content from other liberals, and conservatives do likewise. Moreover, Ferguson said that a tweet is 20% more likely to be retweeted if more emotional language is used. “This is why the political center is threatened,” he said. “Most people are exhausted by this stuff,” Ferguson said. One outcome could be the emergence of a third political party. “The two-party system is not written into the Constitution,” Ferguson said. Very few two-party democracies are left in the world. “One consequence could be that the exhausted majority will form a new party.”
I AM THE MOB on Tue, 30th Oct 2018 6:56 pm
Davy
If you can post a link to a source other than zerohedge, I will give you a lollipop!
Davy on Tue, 30th Oct 2018 7:01 pm
MOB, I do it to irritate you and the other extremist here. It is good therapy because your narrow minds need help opening up. You are the worst with your sick obsessions.
Davy on Tue, 30th Oct 2018 7:03 pm
Sorry for the long copy and paste again everyone. I just figured that most people are like me, and can’t figure out how to click on links by themselves, and if your plagiarizing other people’s articles, don’t forget those quotation marks. That’s always real important.
Пожалуйста, удалите антиамериканскую собаку, которую я сделал из гранитного форума on Tue, 30th Oct 2018 7:05 pm
above is not supertard obv.
Davy on Tue, 30th Oct 2018 7:09 pm
Above is me obv. I’m all proud of myself today cause I lurned about google translate.
Пожалуйста, удалите антиамериканскую собаку, которую я сделал из гранитного форума on Tue, 30th Oct 2018 8:18 pm
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Theedrich on Wed, 31st Oct 2018 1:29 am
Plastics are sterilizing homo sapiens. Hormone disruption by fossil-fuel-derived plastic is occurring NOW, and has been happening at an increasing rate since 1950. The situation is far more serious than anyone prefers to believe. See Daniel Noah Halpern’s Sperm Count Zero.
Richard on Wed, 31st Oct 2018 10:11 am
The only solution for water bottles, is glass. Or just use tap water, but not everyone wants to just have tap water to drink, there are chemicals in the water.
Regardless, glass is one solution to replace plastic bottles, even if only the small bottles, not like a two liter bottle.