Plastics, the environment and human health: current consensus and future trends

The current many uses and the expected benefits of plastics follow those outlined by Yarsley and Couzens in the 1940s. At the beginning of this "plastic age" they explained the benefits plastic brings to people born nearly 70 years ago.

It is a colorful world without moths and rust, it is composed of synthetic materials made from the most widely distributed materials. . Like a magician, it can meet almost all needs around him and around him (Yarsley & Couzens 1945, p. 152)

Those possibilities in various applications, including plastic durability and widespread use as a disposable item, are expected, but not with waste management and plastic chipping. Indeed, the prediction is "The world before this plastic age will be brighter and cleaner" (Yarsley & Couzens 1945, p. 152).

In this article we combine the current understanding of the benefits of plastics and concerns and look forward to future challenges, opportunities and priorities. This content uses papers submitted to subjects on topics and other sources of information on plastics, environment, and human health. Although the chosen quotation is for the original source, we refer mainly to the reader's discussion of the relevant topics and related citations in the subject thesis. Here we will examine this theme from seven points of view: accumulation of plastic materials, plastic waste in the natural environment, the environment of plastic waste and its impact on wildlife, human impact, production, use, Disposal and waste management solutions Biopolymers, degradable and biodegradable polymer solutions, and policy measures

Regarding the influence of plastic fragments on human health, the paradigm is a plastic paradigm in which animal plankton eats plastics in marine environment, fish eats animal zooplankton, and human eats fish. At first glance this reasoning seems reasonable, but that is also controversial. The main absorption of micro elastic (<5 mm granules) fish is in the gastrointestinal tract, in addition to shellfish, it is mainly consumed fish fillets. (12, 16) In the field of plastic research, current unstandardized preliminary results, percentage of gray literature, opinion and even misunderstanding seem to be relatively high. It is important to improve the quality of plastic research as it is necessary to meet widely accepted standards in environmental chemistry and toxicology before toxicity description can be deemed appropriate (20, 21 ).

In this article we combine the current understanding of the benefits of plastics and concerns and look forward to future challenges, opportunities and priorities. This content uses papers submitted to subjects on topics and other sources of information on plastics, environment, and human health. Although the chosen quotation is for the original source, we refer mainly to the reader's discussion of the relevant topics and related citations in the subject thesis. Here we will examine this theme from seven points of view: accumulation of plastic materials, plastic waste in the natural environment, the environment of plastic waste and its impact on wildlife, human impact, production, use, Disposal and waste management solutions Biopolymers, degradable and biodegradable polymer solutions, and policy measures

"As current trends continue, researchers predict that more than 13 billion tons of plastic will be disposed of in landfills and the environment by 2050," AAAS announced a new study was announced . . It was published in Science Advances magazine. According to Geyer, China is likely to be the world's largest producer of plastics, and Europe and North America are also major players. Other Asian countries list a long list of manufacturers. But consumers are polluters, and everything from every continent from the Arctic to Africa is involved.