Scrap Recycling Forum

Anywhere you go there is plastic spreading like cancer. In cities you can see plastic things every where. But as we move out to the remote place like forest they become visible. We must seriously keep reminding ourselves that its very difficult to get rid of plastic bags. We can't even afford to burn them as they pollute air. So, think twice before using plastic. Try to reuse it.

Few days before I went to National park, I found many plastic materials all over place. I feel bad about it. Its a place for enjoying the natural beauty. Reusing of plastic materials will affect the human beings. Better Don't use plastic materials.

You are talking about forests, our agricultural land in Pakistan is being polluted with indiscriminate use of plastic bags. Plastic bags to carry milk,yoghurt, fruit, plastic bags filled with refuse and thrown out. We can't afford this cancer, an agricultural country with an exploding population.

I agree with you Juliana Hayat!! because plastic many to use and very important

i would suggest if you to a grocery store always ask for a paper bag instead of a plastic bag. small things can help.

Ya absolutely plastics are very harmful to the atmosphere . I suggest people to carry jute or paper bags when they even go for shopping .. It is better to avoid plastics .

"AVOID PLASTICS GET A GREENER AND A CLEANER ATMOSPHERE"

Way to go, Great idea sasamshan1. We Indians should start using paper and jute bags like many Western countries. It will not only reduce pollution but also provide jobs for millions of people directly and indirectly.

I would suggest that cut down using plastic bags instead start using recycled paper bags or cloth bags.

oh yes ofcourse... paper bags made out of recycled paper and cloth bags should be used and discourage use of plastic bags.

Are plastic products, such as plastic food and drink containers, causing the current breast cancer epidemic? The EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory Committee (EDSTAC) may soon find out. On Oct. 5, 1998, EDSTAC announced that they are "moving toward" launching a screening program that will evaluate health and environmental effects of endocrine-disrupting synthetic chemicals used in thousands of common products, from plastics to pesticides.

The connection between plastic and breast cancer was first discovered in 1987 at Tufts Medical School in Boston by research scientists Dr. Ana Soto and Dr. Carlos Sonnenschein. In the midst of their experiments on cancer cell growth, endocrine-disrupting chemicals leached from plastic test tubes into the researcher's laboratory experiment, causing a rampant proliferation of breast cancer cells. Their findings were published in Environmental Health Perspectives (1991).

Again in 1987, a research team headed by David Feldman of the Stanford University School of Medicine also discovered that plastics, such as the plastic giant jugs used to bottle drinking water, had similarly contaminated their experiments. They reported their findings in Endocrinology (1993).

Spanish researchers, Fatima and Nicolas Olea, tested metal food cans that were lined with plastic. The cans were also found to be leaching hormone disrupting chemicals in 50% of the cans tested. The levels of contamination were twenty-seven times more than the amount the Stanford team reported was enough to make breast cancer cells proliferate. Reportedly, 85% of the food cans in the United States are lined with plastic. The Oleas reported their findings in Environmental Health Perspectives (1995).

Some environmental and health activists question why the EPA waited years to act. They dispute the EPA's claim that "Science has only recently come to understand the possible threats posed to public health from endocrine disruptors."

In July of 1991, government officials representing EPA, National Institutes of Health, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service attended the Wingspread Conference in Racine Wisconsin for the specific purpose of discussing endocrine disruptors with leading researchers. At the end of the conference they signed a consensus statement in which the threat of endocrine disruptors to the environment and public health was clearly recognized.