Less Plastic, More Health

Lightweight, durable and versatile, plastic is everywhere in our modern world; this is bad news for the environment and our health.

He lists down a lot of things at home which are made of plastic. This prompted me to look through some of my things and he is right! Heck, even this laptop I am using has a lot of plastic parts. So what’s bad about plastic?

According to Dr. Mao, “many plastics release vinyl chloride and other harmful estrogen-like substances that can lead to cancer, birth defects, hormonal imbalance, and lung and liver disease.”

He might be right or he might be overstating things a bit but it wouldn’t hurt to use less plastic.

Some practical suggestions? Instead of using plastic containers as the default, why not use glass ones instead? I also like the wooden and ceramic variations as well.

Let’s look at a few more things next time.

少一点塑料，多一点健康。

轻便，耐用以及多功能的塑料在现代社会随处可见，这对我们的环境和健康非常不利。

他列举了一些在家使用的塑料制品。这促使我审视一些我的东西，我发现他说的对！令我来气的是我的笔记本电脑也用了许多的塑料零件。那么，关于塑料有什么不好呢？

毛博士说许多的塑料能释放氯乙烯和其他的有害的的雌性激素，人吃了能够致癌，导致出生缺陷，激素不平衡以及肺病和肝。

他说的也许对或者是夸张了一点，但这并不对少用塑料的人造成伤害。

还有其他的一些实际的建议吗？，既然不用塑料容器是默认，为什么不用玻璃代替呢？我同样喜欢木制的和陶瓷替代品。