Tag : Plasticosis

Beijing: China is the largest country in the world and is where one-third of all businesses with production facilities for plastic">single-use plastic is based. The country consumes at least one-fifth of the world's plastics and is the top producer and exporter of virgin and plastic">single-use plastics. Additionally, fossil fuels are predominantly used in the production of plastic">single-use plastics. If plastic">single-use plastic production keeps up its current growth trajectory, it may contribute five to ten per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, which would exacerbate climate change. The main producer of plastic">single-use plastic is a Chinese company called Sinopec. Furthermore, the company's greenhouse gas emissions increase annually, Indo Pacific Center for Strategic Communications (IPCSC) reported. Microplastics or microfibers are pollutants produced when plastics degrade or are discharged from fabrics. A new disease known as "Plasticosis" that affects seabirds and is brought on by ingesting plastic has been discovered by "Adrift Labs" in a recent study. Lord Howe Island has seen numerous incidences of this disease in seabirds. This study conclusively establishes that plastic can result in severe, organ-wide production of scar tissue, or "Plasticosis." Using microplastics extensively would harm our natural ecosystem, which would have an unfavourable effect on the health and survival of other species, including humans. A 2019 global survey that the World Wide Fund for Nature funded revealed that, on average, people consume up to 5g of plastic every week, as per IPCSC. Experts have also found microplastics in human placentas and breast milk. They issued a warning against using plastic bottles excessively since th ...