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.

    少一點塑料，多一點健康。

    輕便，耐用以及多功能的塑料在現代社會隨處可見，這對我們的環境和健康非常不利。

    他列舉了一些在家使用的塑料制品。這促使我審視一些我的東西，我發現他說的對！令我來氣的是我的筆記本電腦也用了許多的塑料零件。那么，關于塑料有什么不好呢？

    毛博士說許多的塑料能釋放氯乙烯和其他的有害的的雌性激素，人吃了能夠致癌，導致出生缺陷，激素不平衡以及肺病和肝。

    他說的也許對或者是夸張了一點，但這并不對少用塑料的人造成傷害。

    還有其他的一些實際的建議嗎？，既然不用塑料容器是默認，為什么不用玻璃代替呢？我同樣喜歡木制的和陶瓷替代品。