Xiao Qin is 26 years old this year. She lives a regular and planned life. She also has a habit of recycling the bottles she has drunk. Every weekend, Xiao Qin would make a large jar of honey grapefruit tea or passion fruit lemonade in the refrigerator, and then use empty drink bottles to fill it with a full bottle when she goes to work on weekdays. She felt that drinking these homemade drinks was clean and healthy.
One day, a new colleague from the company saw Xiao Qin's homemade lemonade and asked her curiously, "Do you use this plastic beverage bottle to bring these lemonade every day?"
"Yes, drinking more is good for your health and can lose weight. I think it's good."
"Uh~~ You may not know, these mineral water bottles sold in supermarkets are heat-resistant, and they are not recommended to reuse them. After a long time, these plastic chemicals are chronic poisons . It is better to use a thermos cup." The colleague enthusiastically told Xiao Qin about the harm of plastic bottles he saw on the Internet.
Xiao Qin listened to the advice of her colleagues and later never reused plastic bottles to make homemade drinks. She prepared a cute and beautiful thermos for herself, and brought the thermos to the company every day after that.
Many people, like Xiao Qin, do not know that the mineral water bottles or beverage bottles we usually drink are not reusable . They think that as long as they are not scalded with hot water, they can be recycled. In fact, everyone has heard of the harm of plastics, but it may be just a matter of being cancer-causing by garbage bags and foam plastic . However, in fact, many plastic products have many harms and need to be cautious.
1. What are the dangers of plastic products?
Regarding the hazards of plastic products, there are mainly three hazards.
First of all, plastic products can cause harm to the environment. ’s statement about the harm to the environment of plastic products, I believe everyone has heard of it. Since the newly revised Environmental Protection Law of of my country, , has officially implemented in 2015, all walks of life in society have implemented it in accordance with strict requirements, and protecting the ecological environment as the main goal is constantly working hard. The harm caused by plastic products to the environment involves all aspects, especially in people's domestic waste, plastic products also account for most of the .
Due to the structural material of plastic products, is not easily degraded by natural microbial bacteria and , so once it becomes garbage, it will accumulate in the environment and not decompose for a long time. These discarded plastic products will not only affect the soil composition and interfere with the absorption of moisture and nutrients of crops, but will also prevent the crop from growing normally. In severe cases, it will occupy a large number of land resources in cities, streets, forests and other places, which will change healthy soil quality in the long run, destroying the ecological balance, causing serious pollution to plants, water quality, etc., and destroying the entire ecological environment.
is not only for the environment, but also for the human body. After plastic products pollute and infringe on the environment, they actually indirectly harm people's health. If you drink contaminated , which is toxic, and eat some fruits and vegetables grown from contaminated soil for a long time, it will indirectly induce some diseases that people suffer from.
And if is treated with high temperature, the toxic substance will be decomposed. Once these substances penetrate into the food and are ingested by people, it will cause considerable damage to the human internal organ , and in severe cases, it may even suffer from some irreversible cancer. Therefore, it is best to avoid using some plastic product tool with high chemical composition for a long time, so as to avoid causing huge harm to human health in excessive contact.
Plastic products will not only cause adverse harm and affect water quality, soil, plants, etc., but will also harm many other biological groups on the earth, especially animals that people often see.For example, a news media have previously reported that a large number of garbage bags left in various scenic spots in Xinjiang were accidentally eaten into the body by cattle and sheep when they were eaten by , so the residual plastic cannot be digested normally in the body of cattle and sheep, resulting in eventually death.
like this kind of animals who accidentally eat plastic products and die. These problems are also huge economic losses for herders who raise cattle and sheep. So, no matter where you are, I hope people can have the awareness of to protect the environment, and do not litter , and reduce the pollution and discarding of plastic products anywhere.
This is because most plastic products are that cannot be decomposed by and cannot be reused. They not only have many harms, but most importantly, they will harm human health and threaten people's life safety.
Therefore, for your own health, you should pay attention to the use of plastic products in daily life. Some of your unintentional habits may bring harm to your health. . Next, let’s take a look at what bad habits of using plastic bottles and plastic boxes will affect your health.
2. If you have the following habits of using plastic bottles and plastic boxes , be careful to "poison" yourself
. Reuse plastic bottles to put things
Many older generations have the traditional virtue of thrifty . They are reluctant to throw away plastic bags when buying things. They will accumulate them. Next time they use to store things, or they will clean them after they buy oil in the supermarket. They may use to fill food such as edible rice or store eggs and duck eggs. Even some parents would use these plastic buckets to use mountain springs near to get water to drink . The virtue of frugality may be deeply engraved in their bones, but they do not know that these habits may be throwing themselves into chronic poison in .
In fact, the beverages, mineral water or oil barrels sold in supermarkets are not as heat-resistant as , and generally cannot withstand high temperatures. Some people have mistakenly thought that mineral water beverage bottles can withstand high temperatures and have been filled with hot water, but the bottle is deformed and distorted, which shows that this type of plastic bottle has poor heat resistance and and will be dissolved into harmful chemical substance . If these bottles or oil barrels are reused for a long time, it is likely to be harmful to your health.
. Order takeout frequently and eat food in non-environmental plastic boxes
In the current society, with the rapid development of takeout industry , people who have entered a fast-paced working environment seem to have become inseparable from ordering takeout . However, the catering industry is still facing a huge test of survival . Many merchants still cannot achieve true health for due to the compression of cost and food selection. Many lunch boxes for takeaways are low-end, inferior, non-compliant plastic boxes for .
Disposable plastic tableware is almost the standard for every takeaway food , but the main chemical ingredient of these plastics is polyvinyl chloride . will release toxic chlorinated gas. People's long-term consumption of these takeaway packaged foods will cause certain harm to the body. Therefore, it is recommended that you try to use this type of disposable lunch box as little as possible.
. Reuse of plastic boxes for frugal behavior but not thorough cleaning
Some family members like to recycle plastic lunch boxes packaged with meals outside , but in terms of personal habits, does not pay much attention to cleaning and hygiene. Each time they clean the plastic boxes, they do not clean them carefully, and often wipe them at will. This will not only easily cause more bacteria to breed to affect the next time you decorate , but also if still has oil stains or dishwashing detergent, it is very likely that will aggravate the chemical effect between and the plastic box , producing chemical substances that harm the human body.
. For another group of people who are a little obsessed with , they will wash too much on these plastic boxes, such as brushing and scraping plastic box with a steel wiping ball. This will not only damage the surface of the plastic box, but also easily cause the transfer of low-molecular compounds in the plastic box or steel wiping ball . Later, the food may be attached to the food and eaten by people, which directly endangers the health of the body.
Therefore, in daily life, you must pay attention to the rational use of plastic products things, and never harm your health without realizing it because of some of your own little habits. So, how should we use plastic products safely?
3. Learn how to use plastic products scientifically and safely and be responsible for your own health!
In life, if you want to use plastic products safely, first, you must have a certain understanding of concepts and classifications of plastics , so that you can better distinguish and use them. Generally speaking, plastic products are marked with numbers 1-7. simply master some plastic products that are often involved in daily life and learn how to distinguish and utilize them.
For example, usually mineral water bottles and beverage bottles are marked with 1 such number , which means they are that cannot withstand high temperatures, and cannot reuse . Therefore, be careful not to reuse plastic products with 1 number. , such as garbage bags, plastic raincoats, plastic for greenhouses, etc., are all plastic products with number 3. This type of plastic is not only not heat-resistant, but also has high toxicity. It is the that needs attention.
In addition, like the plastic box that is often used for takeout in daily life, it is generally necessary to have number 5 to be considered compliant, because 5 plastic products can store food and can be heated in the microwave.
Therefore, after purchasing related plastic products, you must learn to read the instructions and mark , so that you can have a scatter and a base in your mind, and distinguish which plastic products and utensils can be used normally, which cannot be reused, and which utensils are with highly toxic chemicals. Learn relevant plastic classification and knowledge information , and learn to use plastic products scientifically and safely, and be responsible for the health of yourself and your family.
written at the end
In short, although is a social virtue advocated by everyone, many plastic products, bottles, cans and plastic boxes are repeated cycles of , because many plastic products are harmful chemicals that may harm human health, . If you put your body in greater danger because of some of your saving habits, it is not worth the loss of .
So, I hope that you can use less plastic products in the future and use more paper bags or glass bottles . recyclable utensils . #Health True Notes#
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