Pros And Cons Of Plastic

We have a little problem on earth. Actually, a big problem. There is a danger. It is one that could affect the environment and the organisms on earth, Including humans. This enemy kills and abuses. This enemy makes innocent animals suffer. We are the cause of that danger. What is that enemy? Plastic. In New York, 1907, Leo Baekeland coined the term ‘plastics’ after he created a bakelite. Simple, right? After plastic blew up in the early 20th century, people started to wonder if using plastic was a good thing. Plastic used to be an efficient bag to hold your groceries. Or a cheaper, more disposable water bottle. If plastic is such an enemy, why do we use it? Marc Hillmyer, a professor of polymer chemistry at the University of Minnesota, stated “They’re inexpensive to produce and for the amount of material it takes to make a plastic bag you can carry a lot of stuff in it,”

Now how does this affect us, anyway? Well, you do remember that the marine life ate the plastic and had been exposed to it, and you do know that we people eat food that came from the sea, right? Toxins in plastic that marine life eat or get exposed to end up in our food chain. Do you want to eat a contaminated Salmon? The toxins and chemicals in the ocean caused by plastic are said to cause cancer. Speaking of cancer, why don’t we just burn the plastic? According to the World Health Organization, Burning plastic releases a chemical dioxin, which is a highly toxic pollutant which can cause reproductive and developmental problems, damage the immune system, interfere with hormones and also cause cancer.

I will admit plastic is useful, cheap, efficient, and easy to produce, but the cost of the animal deaths, health problems, and environmental pollution, do you think a simple bag is worth that much? We can’t fit all the plastic on earth and wait for it to degrade. The only possible solution is to reduce plastic use because even the littlest plastic can contribute to a big