Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest plastic additive chemicals are present in the bodies of nearly all Americans
This week, I examine its direct impact on human health, the harmful attitude of the industry and the hopes for national and global action.
He noted: “Data from the National Biomonitoring Surveys of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that plastic additive chemicals are present in the bodies of nearly all Americans.” A May 2023 UN Environment Programme report noted that women and children are particularly susceptible and that these chemicals “can have severe or long-lasting adverse effects,” including neuro-developmental problems in children and fertility problems in both women and men.
Two recent articles in the medical literature have reported them in every placenta examined and in arteries, including coronary arteries. As one researcher stated in The Guardian, “If we are seeing effects on placentas, then all mammalian life on this planet could be impacted. That’s not good.” In the U.S. meanwhile, The Guardian reported last month that after a four-year legal fight, “A federal appeals court in the U.S. has killed a ban on plastic containers contaminated with highly toxic Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances , “forever chemicals” found to leach at alarming levels into food, cosmetics, household cleaners, pesticides and other products across the economy.”
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