Making Invisible Chemicals Used in Plastic Materials Visibledoi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105422Leonardo TrasandeDepartments of Pediatrics andElsevier B.V.eBioMedicine
1 Additionally, plastic exposures drive racial and ethnic disparities in chronic disease.2 Although studies of the risks posed by chemicals used in plastic have focused on a small subset of the 16,000 that have been identified,3 findings from the laboratory have been largely confirmed in humans,...
答案:The use of the plastic chemicals is to make plastics more flexible and last longer.解析:文中明确指出 “chemicals, which are used to make plastics more flexible and last longer.”,这就是塑料化学品的用途。答案:Two tips are: avoid storing food in plastic containers; use glass or ...
It may sound strange, but chemicals in plastic may make the bathroom scale a less pleasant place to visit. Every day, we come into contact with plastic products. A lot of plastic is found in food packaging. Plastic packaging is common for practical reasons, because it is cheap and because ...
Experts call for reducing toxic chemicals in plastics and stronger regulations to ensure safer, more sustainable production. They warn that recycling alone cannot solve the plastics pollution crisis. Researchers are urging a significant reduction in the number of chemicals used in plastic manufacturing an...
Two chemicals used to strengthen common household items like plastic wrap andprocessed food containershave been linked to high blood pressure and diabetes in children, according to a new series of studies. Ironically, the two compounds, di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) and di-isodecyl phthalate (DIDP...
【题目】D It haslong been known that several chemicals use d in plastic toys can beharmful to human health. Howeve r, it is difficult for parents tofigure out how to avoi d plastic toys containing chemicals that maucause po ssible health risks to their children. For the most pa t....
Over 16,000 chemicals are used in plastic to give it color, pliability, durability, fire resistance, and more. Of those, at least 4,200 are considered “highly hazardous” to human health and the environment. Thousands more haven’t even been tested for toxicity. Because these a...
"There are a lot of chemicals within plastic and every time you recycle them, you compound them up," Sian Sutherland, co-founder of environmental organisationA Plastic Planet, told Dezeen. "So it is no coincidence that recycled plastic was until recently not allowed to be used to be in con...
“This means that almost a quarter of all the chemicals used in plastic are either highly stable, accumulate in organisms, or are toxic. These substances are often toxic to aquatic life, cause cancer or damage specific organs,” explains Helene Wiesinger, doctoral student at the Chair...