The Horrors of Plastic

Werner Boote’s documentary Plastic Planet works to expose the horrors of plastic.  He explores the cases of plastic leading to infertility, cancer, allergies, and even death.  This news did not come as a surprise to me.  My mother has been limiting the amount of plastic in our kitchen for years.  We own no Tupperware – I thought I was safe.  However, Boote’s film brought my attention to the many forms of plastic that surround me everyday.  From saran wrap to my cell phone, I overlooked the hidden toxins in my life. 

Here is a link to an article written in 1999 about the harmful effects of saran wrap.

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/13/dining/eating-well-plastic-wrap-and-health-studies-raise-questions.html  Boote’s discovery is nothing new.

It is a frightening truth that we cannot escape our societies dependency on plastic products; we can only limit our own intake.  The only hope is that companies with make safer choices of packaging as people begin to protest the use of plastic.

This is an original tupperware commercial from 1961.