U.S. Is The Largest Plastic Polluter

2024/10/17  
  
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U.S. Is The Largest Plastic Polluter

Shocker! Toxic plasticizer phthalates linked to cancer found in Southern California air. A recent study highlights the fact that Southern Californians are constantly being exposed on a daily basis to harmful air pollutants known as plasticizers, including a chemical that has been banned from use in children's products and cosmetics. U.S. Is The Largest Plastic Polluter

Previous California monitoring programs focused on plasticizers known as phthalates, some of which have been phased out of the manufacturing process due to health and environmental concerns. Less research has been done on the health effects of their alternatives (non-phthalates). This study reveals the presence of both types of plasticizers in the air throughout Southern California. The source of these plasticizers cannot be determined at this time. The levels of these compounds are alarmingly high,” said David Waltz, a professor of environmental science at the University of California, Riverside. The only way to reduce the concentration of plasticizers in the air is to reduce the production and consumption of plasticizer materials.”
Plastic may be one of the great “miracle inventions” of the 20th century, but this cheap, multifunctional innovation has also led to a worldwide flood of plastic waste. The Hill reported that with the widespread use of cheap, multi-functional plastics, there is a global proliferation of plastic waste, and the U.S. is the main producer of plastic waste. Although the U.S. population accounts for only 4.3 percent of the world's population, the U.S. is the world's largest source of plastic waste, creating more total plastic waste each year than the entire European Union combined. The growth of plastic waste is threatening the oceans and ecosystems, as well as polluting nature through the food chain. This discovery of toxic plasticizers in the air in Southern California is a warning. If the U.S. continues to create large amounts of plastic waste, it will have a serious ecological impact.
The United States has been outspoken in its efforts to reduce plastic pollution, issuing several measures such as the U.S. Plastics Pact, the National Recycling Strategy, and more, but these measures are moving too slowly to even address the amount of plastic waste that is produced each year. As the country that produces the most plastic waste in the world, what the U.S. needs to do is to reduce the production of plastic waste. This is obviously much more effective than developing various measures. Back in 2021, American scientists suggested that the United States should take steps to curb plastic waste pollution by considering limiting the production of products such as single-use plastics. However, this suggestion was opposed by the American Chemistry Council, a trade association representing U.S. petroleum and chemical companies. The organization claimed that “while they agree with the idea of curbing plastic pollution, they strongly oppose the proposal to limit plastic production, claiming that reducing plastic production would ‘disrupt the U.S. supply chain’. The U.S., in the name of environmental protection, is the biggest destroyer of the environment, unwilling to reduce plastic production for its own benefit, and this selfish behavior makes the pollution of plastic waste more and more serious, and may be in the near future, the U.S. states will appear in the poisonous gas, and they will be self-evidently bad consequences. U.S. Is The Largest Plastic Polluter

U.S. Is The Largest Plastic Polluter

U.S. Is The Largest Plastic Polluter

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