[SensibleHealth&NutritionTips] Dangers of Plastic Number 3

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Misty L. Trepke

http://health.

 

 

To all our Friends out there---

 

Our local NBC station recently ran a story on a particular kind of

plastic that, while providing containers that are in widespread use

throughout American homes today, is now believed by many scientists

to be toxic, and thus able to emit poisonous chemicals. They are,

most likely, in your home right now. Particularly in your kitchen

and bathrooms. Read on to become a little wiser.

 

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FIU Professor Dr. Janier Gasana is an environmental health professor

who's been studying toxins for 11 years. He says, " Several years

ago, researchers found out it caused cancer. One of the proofs was

that it was angiosarcoma of the liver. It's the only known cancer

that is caused by that product. It is not caused by any other

product. It's been proven to be a poison. "

 

Dr. Gasana says it was recently banned from children's toys in many

European countries but since the FDA has not yet taken such a

stance, it's still in many of our everyday products. " We can't get

rid of it, " says Dr. Gasana. " It takes years to scrub the

environment of these toxins. " (There's our good old FDA at work for

us again...)

 

It's called polyvinyl chloride. If you turn over your plastic

bottles you can see it's also called plastic number 3. Patty

Sorbino, an international health advocate, worries about plastic 3

chemicals leeching from kids toys, when they chew them and into food

containers, when they're heated. Polyvinyl chloride food packaging

can include plastic trays in boxed cookies or chocolates, candy bar

wrappers, and bottles. Cling wraps , especially the kind used

commercially to wrap meats, cheeses and other foods, can also be

polyvinyl chloride. Unfortunately, this means that many people are

exposed to plasticizing chemicals through food wrapping every day.

 

So how common is plastic 3? It's in our kitchen cabinets, our

refrigerators, our bathrooms. The NBC investigative reporters went

into local stores and found plenty. They found it in Emeril's Salad

Dressing, Act Flouride Rinse, Sesame Street bubble bath, Johnson &

Johnson Kids' BodyWash…even organic so-called " planet friendly "

lollipops that claim to be free of " yucky: chemicals and dyes...but

packaged in a plastic 3 container.

 

Many environmental groups like the Centers for Health and

Environmental Justice, are now warning consumers that plastic 3 is

more dangerous than any other plastic. In a new video that features

a cartoon character named Sam Suds, they claim plastic 3 is in all

sorts of products, from rubber duckies to shower curtains.

 

They say unlike other plastics, plastic 3 can't be recycled. And

it's made with certain chemicals that help make plastic more

flexible but those chemicals can make household air, toxic.

 

So do any of these companies plan to change their packaging?

 

Johnson & Johnson says it's committed to reducing plastic 3

packaging, they promised to change their packaging by the end of the

year. And the organic lollipop company says they will now use non-

PVC bags.

 

About 50 national groups are now urging American stores to stop

selling PVC products.

 

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We are able to make available this same news broadcast to all our

Members and friends out there, and strongly encourage all of you to

take a moment to view it. Having this link will enable you to file

it in your family's health library. Also, feel free to send it to

other families who you feel would appreciate knowing about it. It

runs for just four minutes, but you will be a little wiser and

better informed after seeing it, which is our main purpose. Click on

http://www.kutv.com/video/?id=23683 (AT) kutv (DOT) dayport.com

 

to see the news report yourself and to view the plastic 3 symbol

that is required to be on all bottles that contain it so you can

recognize it. Then you can decide for yourself.