Plastic Risks?
I recently read this article in Time Magazine called “The Perils of Plastic” (Here is another link). It talks about how so many industrial chemicals are used in everyday products that we come into contact with and explores possible links between these things and the ills that face our modern society saying
Chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates — key ingredients in modern plastics — may disrupt the delicate endocrine system, leading to developmental problems. A host of modern ills that have been rising unchecked for a generation — obesity, diabetes, autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder — could have chemical connections.
I just wondered what you all think of that. Lately it has made me want to choose a glass to drink out of over these plastic cups that I keep running through the dishwasher and using. I don’t know how much is true and how much is hype, but it does puzzle me that we have things like autism and ADHD so rampant in our society now, when those things weren’t around a long time ago, or at least if they were just undiagnosed then, there didn’t seem to be as much of it. I would love to hear what you think of this. Talk amongst yourselves.
