Is working in a plastic factory harmful to your health?

Harmful to the body. Long-term exposure to chemicals in plastic production will lead to abnormal liver function, and severe cases will suffer from malignant tumors.

Working in a plastic products factory, I will be exposed to plastic products for a long time. Plastic products are mainly made of synthetic resins, including polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and so on. These plastics are harmless to human body at normal temperature and pressure, but there are still some hidden dangers in high temperature environment.

If recycled plastic wastes such as polyethylene, polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride are used, they contain a lot of toxic and harmful chemicals, which have toxic effects on nervous system, bones and liver, and even lead to malignant tumors.

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Chemicals used to make plastics are also endangering consumers' health. Frequent contact with plastics or eating canned food may lead to children's weight gain. In 1960s, bisphenol A was used to make the inner coating of plastic (milk) bottles and food and beverage (milk powder) cans. After that, from mineral water bottles, medical equipment to food packaging, everywhere.

Studies have shown that bisphenol A can interfere with hormones, lead to endocrine disorders and threaten human health. In order to avoid harm, bisphenol S and bisphenol F are used more and more as substitutes, and they are widely used in synthetic plastics, food and beverage aluminum packaging inner walls and thermal paper.

Dr Jacobson of new york University School of Medicine used the data of National Institute of Health and Nutrition to analyze and evaluate the association between bisphenol S and bisphenol F and obesity in children and adolescents aged 6~ 19. The results showed that the probability of obesity in children with high levels of bisphenol S and bisphenol F in urine increased significantly.

The results show that, as a new generation of substitutes for bisphenol A, bisphenol S and bisphenol F are still harmful to children, and product substitution has not fundamentally solved the problem that such chemicals are harmful to human health. At present, the only way is to keep children away from plastic products as far as possible. The conclusion of this study was published in the journal Endocrinology Society.

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