{"id":1323,"date":"2024-04-02T14:11:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T18:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:11:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T18:11:58","slug":"plastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=1323","title":{"rendered":"Plastics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is a memorable scene from the movie <em>The Graduate<\/em> where Ben (Dustin Hoffman) is taken outside at his college graduation party by a friend of his fathers\u2019.&nbsp; The friend says (regarding Ben\u2019s future) \u201cI have just one word for you: plastics\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fifty years ago, plastics seemed to be a boom in terms of both convenience and commerce.&nbsp; Now, plastics are doom in terms of environmental harm and human health.&nbsp; Once plastics are released into the environment (soil and water) they gradually degrade, leading to the formation of micro plastics (smaller than 5mm) and nano plastics (smaller than 1000 nanometers).&nbsp; These in turn can enter the human body through ingestion, inhalation and skin absorption.&nbsp; Ninety five percent of Americans have micro\/nano plastics in their bodies.&nbsp; The health consequences are myriad:&nbsp; interstitial lung disease, increased rates of premature birth, asthma, certain types of cancer, and liver and kidney disease. Now a new concern has recently been reported by scientists at the University of Campania in Italy regarding cardio vascular events.&nbsp; Their research found 60% of their patients having surgery to remove arterial plaque had micro\/nano plastics (MNP) in the plaque itself.&nbsp; More distressing was that the 60% with MNP had much higher risk for heart attack, stroke or death in the ensuing 34 months than the 40% who did not have MNP.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What to do?&nbsp; Unfortunately making a personal choice to use less plastic will not protect individuals since it is primarily the degradation of discarded plastic that is the prime mover.&nbsp; It will take a global initiative to make a difference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a memorable scene from the movie The Graduate where Ben (Dustin Hoffman) is taken outside at his college graduation party by a friend of his fathers\u2019.&nbsp; The friend says (regarding Ben\u2019s future) \u201cI have just one word for you: plastics\u201d.&nbsp; Fifty years ago, plastics seemed to be a boom in terms of both convenience and commerce.&nbsp; Now, plastics are doom in terms of environmental harm and human health.&nbsp; Once plastics are released into the environment (soil and water)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=1323\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[649,650,648],"class_list":["post-1323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-micorplastics","tag-nanoplastics","tag-plastics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1324,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323\/revisions\/1324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}