What are some health risks of drinking from plastic bottles vs. glass bottles. Also, what are some pollution risks of anything plastic...Thanks in advance!
Plastic increases cancer risk. A simple taste test will let you know that plastic is no good for you. Get some really good reverse osmosis water in a glass bottle and put some in a plastic bottle. Put both bottles in the sun for an hour and see which one tastes better.
Some but not all plastics have estrogenic properties, (Look up estrogenic) and those plastics accelerate the growth of blood supplies to cancers. As a result cancers grow much faster. Glass of course can have slivers that will puncture the intestinal system. We can avoid most of those, but the risk is not zero. Some glasses have very significant lead content, that will leach into acidic drinks. Plastics that have estrogenic qualities should not be exposed to high temperatures or sunlight, should not be handled with oils on the skin. These plastics of course should not find their way into water supplies, including groundwater. A classic estrogenic plastic is bisphenol-a but even many consumer water bottles are estrogenic.
Health Risks 1. Chemical Erosion of the Plastic due time and chemical reactions (UV radiation, action of water,etc). It's partially nonbiodegradable, so some of chemical residue leaks and it is potentially poisonous (So disposable plastic drinking container use it once and don't used them). 2. Pain in Kidney (Renitis and Glomerulititis). Poisonous High-Denisty Polymer damages glomerules and Bowman's Capsule. 3. Yellowing of your skin. 4. Gastrointestal Disturbance. 5. Neurorelated Diseases. Pollution Risks 1. Increase of Biodiversity Degradation, because plastics are generally nonbiodegradable. Species eat them and they die. Affect greatly in the food chain and it creates biological magnification/ amplification (poisons carry within the food chain). 2. When incinerated it create dioxin. 3. Land Pollution/ Water Pollution/ Air Pollution.
