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While the harmful effects of plastic on the natural environment are often more visible, plastic also affects human health.
While the harmful effects of plastic on the natural environment are often more visible, plastic also affects human health.
Microplastics have been found in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat, and in our human blood, breast milk, and placentas.
Microplastics have been found in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat, and in our human blood, breast milk, and placentas.
Plastic contains harmful chemicals that can cause damage at the cellular level. Many of these chemicals are known to be carcinogenic and can interfere with the body’s endocrine system, causing developmental, reproductive, neurological, and immune disorders in both humans and wildlife.
Plastic contains harmful chemicals that can cause damage at the cellular level. Many of these chemicals are known to be carcinogenic and can interfere with the body’s endocrine system, causing developmental, reproductive, neurological, and immune disorders in both humans and wildlife.
The chemicals found in plastic products can linger even after plastic has been removed from the environment. A recent study found that sea urchin skeletal and nervous system development was negatively affected by chemicals leached in seawater from plastic, even after plastic was removed from the water.
The chemicals found in plastic products can linger even after plastic has been removed from the environment. A recent study found that sea urchin skeletal and nervous system development was negatively affected by chemicals leached in seawater from plastic, even after plastic was removed from the water.
To reduce the impacts of plastic on our health, we should start by reducing the use of single-use plastic that pollutes our environment.
To reduce the impacts of plastic on our health, we should start by reducing the use of single-use plastic that pollutes our environment.
Photo attribution: (Header) Joshua Chehov, (Top to Bottom) Hollie Santos, Arthur Lambillote, and Robina Weermeijer on Unsplash
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