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BPA (Bisphenol A) ist ein Kunststoff-Zusatzstoff, der hormonähnlich wirkt und das Hormonsystem stören kann. Risiken: Beeinträchtigung von Fruchtbarkeit, Leber, Nieren, Immunsystem und erhöhtes Risiko für Diabetes, Krebs & Asthma. 🚫🥤 #BPA #Gesundheit #Hormone #endokrinedisruptoren

test.de/Bisphenol-A-Taegliche-

www.test.deFragen zu Bisphenol A: BPA wird verboten – das sind die GründeBisphenol A gilt als gesundheitskritisch: Die Stiftung Warentest sagt, worauf Verbraucher achten sollten.

This has been well known by them since like 2010 when the jokes about CVS #receipts started. (Jokes about the waste of paper, not the hormone disrupting paper)

They had #BPA in them.

What makes me mad about this news clip is they talk about how 10 minutes of holding one of these receipts can cause the chemicals to soak into the customers hand.

WHAT ABOUT EMPLOYEES WHO TOUCH THEM ALL DAY EVERY DAY?!? They say hand sanitizer makes the chemicals leech into you more.

Listen, these people don’t want you to take your receipts because businesses are starting to run the scams again just like in the last recession. And if you don’t have a receipt your credit card company won’t let you do a dispute if you get charged wrong.

Imagine not worrying about the #employees but trying to convince customers not to keep their receipts? What the hell is this?

(The suggest emailing or texting the receipt except you don’t know you got the receipt until you leave the store)

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@bundesumweltamt @bund_sb
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@Bundesverband
@verbraucherzentrale_nrw
Noch besser:

#BisphenolVerbieten

Thermopapier enthält #BPA und #BPS als Farbentwickler (beispielsweise Kassenbons oder Parktickets). So gelangen die Bisphenole in recycelte Kartonagen – und damit auch in Pizzakartons. Der #BUND fordert daher ein Verbot der gesamten Bisphenol-Stoffgruppe in allen Produkten. Nur so ist eine schadstofffreie #Kreislaufwirtschaft möglich.

Schädliche Chemikalien in #Plastik wie #BPA, #DEHP und #PBDE könnten weltweit Millionen Menschen gesundheitlich beeinträchtigt haben, darunter #Herzkrankheiten, #Schlaganfälle und #Todesfälle.

pnas.org/doi/epub/10.1073/pnas

Studien schätzen die wirtschaftlichen #Verluste auf über 1 Billion US-Dollar. Experten fordern strengere globale Maßnahmen und eine Umkehr in der Chemikalienregulierung

‼️Mach' mit im Kampf gegen die #Plastikflut‼️

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Irgendwo in meinem #Plastikbuch steht, dass #Mineralwasserhersteller eigentlich gar kein #Wasser herstellen, sondern eher #Einwegplastikflaschen.

#BottledWasser ist weder gesünder noch sicherer als #Leitungswasser und birgt erhebliche Risiken für die #Gesundheit und Umwelt. #Plastikflaschen enthalten oft Chemikalien wie #BPA und #Mikroplastik, die hormonelle Störungen und langfristige #Gesundheitsprobleme verursachen können. Zudem wird nur 9% der Flaschen recycelt.

gh.bmj.com/content/9/8/e015226

BMJ Global Health · Rethinking bottled water in public health discourse### Summary box The plastic bottled water (BW) industry is experiencing rapid growth, with data indicating that approximately one million bottles are purchased every minute.1 This trend is projected to continue, with experts forecasting a substantial increase in BW consumption in the years ahead,2 despite the well-documented adverse effects of contaminated BW on human health3 and the environment.4 While the necessity of BW is undeniable for nearly two billion individuals globally who lack access to safe drinking water, the escalating demand in other sectors is largely driven by convenience, portability, perceived nutritional advantages, mistrust of tap water quality and personal taste preferences.5 Due to poor waste management strategies, low-income and middle-income countries account for most of plastic waste today, a significant amount of which is waste from BW.6 Further, Asia produces over 80% of global plastic waste emitted to the oceans.6 However, the excessive consumption of disposable BW presents a significant challenge, …

And how did we get to this point? Believe it or not, it started with coming up with a substitute for #ivory...

The plastic paradox: How plastics went from elephant saviors to #EcoVillains
Do the benefits of plastics outweigh the costs?

by Ross Pomeroy
January 23, 2024

"It was 1869, and something needed to be done.

"With the price of ivory skyrocketing, billiard ball manufacturers were scrambling for an alternative. The prized material derived from elephant tusks was being used to craft such things as knife handles, piano keys, dice, dominoes, chessmen, and yes, billiard balls. Now, with #elephants growing scarce from overhunting, the wonder material was becoming difficult to procure and unreasonably expensive. After all, one tusk would yield just four or five balls. Leading pool table manufacturer Phelan and Collender offered $10,000 ($225,000 today) to any inventor who could discover a replacement for ivory.

"Albany inventor John Wesley Hyatt answered the call, molding together camphor, nitrocellulose, and alcohol under extreme pressure. His concoction, called celluloid, was one of the first synthetic plastics. While Hyatt’s creation proved an unwieldy material for billiard balls — insufficiently durable and mildly explosive when struck — it inspired others to formulate something better. A few decades later, American chemist Leo Baekeland came up with the petroleum-derived Bakelite. It became the first commercially successful synthetic plastic, and very likely saved elephants from #extinction."

[The article goes on to mention how #plastics and #PFAS are interconnected...]

"According to the authors of the report, plastic additives may be the most pernicious. These substances augment plastics to make them more useful to consumers: stronger, more pliable, less #flammable, non-stick, etc. However, large observational studies and research in lab animals indicate they are harming human health.

"The substances could be increasing cancer rates, reducing birth weights, inhibiting antibody responses to vaccines, raising blood pressure, and contributing to infertility. These compounds include polybrominated diphenyl ethers (#PBDE), phthalates, bisphenol A (#BPA), and per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (#PFAS).

"Philip J. Landrigan, a professor, pediatrician, and Director of the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College, is the lead author of the Minderoo-Monaco Commission report. He spoke with Big Think about the potential harms of plastic additives.

"Landrigan was a pediatrician during the 1970s, when lead in gasoline, paints, and toys was secretly poisoning children. He says chemicals leaching from plastics constitute a similar threat: As they’re not chemically bound to the plastic matrix, they can easily escape into the environment. #PBDEs, added as #FlameRetardants in furniture and other products, have been found in house dust and are neurotoxic, he says.

“The thousands of chemicals in plastics — #monomers, additives, processing agents, and non-intentionally added substances — include amongst their number known human #carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, #neurotoxicants, and persistent organic #pollutants,' Landrigan and his fellow authors wrote in the report.

"Given these negative effects, it may seem as if plastic is a fire-breathing dragon. While it began as an ally, it has now turned against us. If we don’t get the dragon back under control, it could spell our downfall.

"To respond to threats from plastics, the experts on the Minderoo-Monaco Commission called for a #GlobalPlasticsTreaty comparable to the Paris Climate Agreement to combat climate change. As part of the treaty, they insist that a 'cap on global plastic production with targets, timetables, and national contributions' is needed. Global plastic use is estimated to nearly triple by 2060."

Read more:
bigthink.com/the-present/plast

#Crapitalism #BanPlastics
#WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #PlasticRain

Big ThinkThe plastic paradox: How plastics went from elephant saviors to eco-villainsPlastics have been an undeniable boon to humanity, but are their environmental and health costs now surpassing their benefits?