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- Bluepeas, on 07/15/2008, -1/+16Wow, a plastic free life.. sounds tough.. I could never do that sadly
- Tralobyte, on 07/15/2008, -2/+13What doesn't have bad side-effects? I've heard you should never eat/drink out of anything contained in aluminum. Apparently we can never be safe.
- Bowie, on 07/15/2008, -2/+12Dehhh, it has electrolytes!
It retains the smell because plastic surfaces arent crystalline in structure, like glass or metals. This isn't a "dangerous" characteristic of plastic, no more than your pants are dangerous because they absorb oils from your skin. You still wear them after a wash, don't you? Lots of little nooks and crannies for molecules to adhere to---same as plastic.
High school chemistry, anyone? - desertDenizen, on 07/15/2008, -0/+9Environmental carcinogens (and all toxins) are additive in their toxic impact. No one thing might cause cancer in a person, rather, a barrage of toxins and pathogens overwhelm the body's ability to defend and repair itself, and viola, cancer. It's a numbers game. People read this stuff and think they're supposed to cut everything harmful out of their lives, but that's not the point. That's not feasiblet. Cancer or pre-cancer always exists in the body to some small degree, but usually it's no big deal because your body is equipped to combat it. But by reducing stressors and attacks on the system, you can reduce the threat enough to give your defense mechanisms much better odds. The idea is to think in degrees. Smoking one cigarette is better than a whole pack. Ten minutes in the sun is better than three hours. Fifty percent of the household chemicals, plastics, gas fumes, benzene, formaldehyde, etc., that you're exposed to topically, eating, and inhaling is better than 100%.
- CrimsonBlur, on 07/15/2008, -0/+9The one word was: "Plastics". It's from The Graduate.
- Rickler, on 07/15/2008, -0/+8Unless you drink aluminum chlorine; you shouldn't worry. I have an anodized aluminum water bottle that will last longer than I'll ever live.
- Rickler, on 07/15/2008, -1/+8From the article: "in the U.S. But the best way to reduce your plastic impact on the earth is simply to use less."
- Rickler, on 07/15/2008, -0/+6Vinegar doesn't leave an odor; and it's really good for household cleaning too.
- drape, on 07/15/2008, -2/+8It will be a world major disaster if somebody creates and releases a depolymerising microbe. We are setting ourselves up for that, aren't we?
- Zlorp, on 07/15/2008, -3/+9everyone should just go back to using glass bottles. everything tastes better from glass anyways
- Prototek, on 07/15/2008, -0/+6Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Benjamin: Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
Benjamin: Yes, I am.
Mr. McGuire: Plastics.
Benjamin: Just how do you mean that, sir? - mattlohkamp, on 07/15/2008, -0/+6No plastic would mean no recorded media either - no videos, music, or photos. Plus obviously no tech, and pretty much no electricity, since just about any electric gadget you could think of comes with some sort of plastic.
- goodinohio, on 07/15/2008, -1/+6True, I'd like to see her plastic free pc.
- TheBuzzKiller, on 07/15/2008, -1/+6Wouldn't it be better to be a free-thinker than some drone who gets his facts from a comedian?
- masterm1nd, on 07/15/2008, -3/+8Lol, she does realize blogging using plastic in many multiple ways, right?
- wiirdo, on 07/15/2008, -0/+5Mmmmm... Give me some bis-phenol coated corn flakes. Keeps them from getting soggy in milk.
- sporg, on 07/15/2008, -2/+7Plastic food containers are safe the dangers are being exaggerated. Storing food in metal containers is not without its own risks like zinc leeching. Glass is perfect for storing foods but it increases the shipping weight drastically thus requiring more fuel and effort to get the food to the consumer. I agree that a reduction in the amount of plastic packaging used would be a good thing but thinking that it should be eliminated entirely just doesn't make sense. Do not reuse containers that are meant to be thrown away and you will be fine.
- crownedgriffin, on 07/15/2008, -3/+8Meh.. I've never heard of anyone dying from over exposure to plastic..
Also, Bowie, stop spamming your stupid link. I saw it the first two times you posted it. - ISIfunded911, on 07/15/2008, -1/+5In hospitals vinegar has been proved to clean four times better than the products full of chemicals we all use to clean our homes too: four times less bacteria on the ground/walls. And it does not pollute your body when you breathe while cleaning.
- lifelessplastic, on 07/15/2008, -0/+4Hey! It's Ms. Haegele here.
I just wanted to say that I'm not a pain to live with or be friends with at all!
Basically, my friends just have to deal with me ocassionally complaining about an unexpected plastic straw making it into my drink.
I will admit, though, that going grocery shopping is a huge pain for ME, but my friends and roommates are there while I'm doing it so it doesn't affect them. And going to restaurants is fine. I just bring my own reusable container to take leftovers home with.
And finally, it would be rude if I was always telling my friends "that's bad for you," so I don't do that. - project46, on 07/15/2008, -0/+4Plastic comes in everything these days. A few years ago a womans exfoliant scrub which contains little granules that massage you whilst you bathe were made from ground up jojoba seeds and walnut shells amoungst other natural items nowadays exfoliant scrub contains little plastic polymers as the massaging agent
- inactive, on 07/15/2008, -0/+4For drinks, I agree that it tastes better.
But how much more would you pay for it? Not only is glass more expensive to make, it costs a whole lot more to transport. Plastic is also a lot safer, because it wont shatter and hurt people like glass can. - p3ngwin, on 07/15/2008, -2/+5many multiple ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautology_(rhetoric) - quirkie, on 07/14/2008, -3/+6
"If you know where to find a good plastic-free shampoo, can you tell Jeanne Haegele? Last September, the 28-year-old Chicago resident resolved to cut plastics out of her life."
Jeanne Haegele:
http://lifelessplastic.blogspot.com/ - Rickler, on 07/15/2008, -5/+8***** future generations. They don't need oil. Let's use it all up now. I only care about me and now.
- theyerb, on 07/15/2008, -2/+5"Back when Dustin Hoffman received the most famous one-word piece of career advice in cinema history, plastic was well on its way to becoming a staple of American life."--
I hate when authors refer to some seemingly vague allusion because I have no idea what this "one-word" was. - inactive, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3The diggiots bury you (using a computer that wouldnt exist without plastics), but you are correct. So many things simply wouldnt happen without plastic.
- GoatMonkey2112, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3It just means that landfills are future goldmines. Once we have cheap energy again, it won't cost that much to recycle the existing plastic. Or even break it back down into its base components in giant microwaves.
- kimbellina, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3"If it's true that plastic is not degradable, well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new paradigm: the earth plus plastic. The earth doesn't share our prejudice towards plastic. Plastic came out of the earth. The earth probably sees plastic as just another one of its children. Could be the only reason the earth allowed us to be spawned from it in the first place. It wanted plastic for itself. Didn't know how to make it. Needed us. Could be the answer to our age-old egocentric philosophical question, 'Why are we here?' Plastic...*****." - George Carlin
- masterm1nd, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3Shipping, worker transportation, computer, servers, isp worker transportation etc etc etc. Who would have thought, using a technology to more efficiently stop using that very technology.
- xeomage, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3Mmm...glass bottle Coke made with real sugar.
- inactive, on 07/15/2008, -3/+5i cant wait for next weeks edition, The truth about herpes!
- frostbyt, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2I guess it's back to sheep skin condoms for me.
- inactive, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2Scrap iron is bringing (here locally) 8 ¢ /lb. This is recycling. When it becomes economically feasible, the recyclers will pay for the material. No need to bad mouth it. Let people do what they want. Remember, recycling was used in WWII. We won that war.
- Prototek, on 07/15/2008, -1/+3It's a virus... LIKE HIV!!!!11
- inactive, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2Aren't condoms made out of plastic? They reduce unwanted pregnancy and STDs but I guess we should get rid of em anywayz.
- masterm1nd, on 07/15/2008, -1/+3I didn't feel 'many' or 'multiple' alone expressed the full extent of which plastic is used. 'Thousands upon thousands' of different plastic pieces around the world were used for her to blog. I chose my wording consciously and for a reason.
- lifelessplastic, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2Thanks Hoopy. It's, of course, possible that I sometimes create a little bit of group uneasiness, but it's never so dramatic since I don't get up in people's faces about things as a rule.
As for bringing my own containers to restaurants, I have to wonder if it makes people feel weird. Most people don't really seem to notice, but if they feel uneasy about it, it's only because people sometimes have a hard time with non-conformity, even when they shouldn't. It's a funny thing. - mattlohkamp, on 07/15/2008, -2/+3"...the infinitely adaptable substance has its dark side."
DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUH! - salamnder, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Don't forget that Cat 5 (cat5+, 6, etc) are plastic coated wire pairs in a PVC jacket. The routers are all molded plastic. The paint in her house is most likely based on polymers unless its from before the 70s... and in that case it was lead.
- donna1234, on 10/19/2008, -0/+1Our food & water come wrapped in plastic
http://www.e-uuu.com
http://www.mad4.info - adamk0310, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1Do they really have to mention The Graduate? Seems like every other article about plastic does.
- zip000, on 07/15/2008, -2/+3Of course it costs more to ship, store, and treat material to be recycled than it costs to dump it in a hole in the ground.
Does it cost more to recycle or to produce new things from raw materials? Maybe, maybe not.
Will it cost more to excavate the landfills to recover recyclable materials when the raw materials in nature are used up? I think so.
Also, why are we so concerned with how much something costs? I think reducing everything to economics is distracting; what about other issues concerning dumping. You can say that hippies hate facts, but I don't think that your facts are ALL of the facts, just those that are convenient. - ChileanGoD, on 07/15/2008, -1/+2Don't worry, WALL-E will save us.
- WarpDigger1492, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Democratic Republic of Wal Mart
Priceless. - paystolivegreen, on 07/16/2008, -0/+0I agree that plastic is a horrible product that needs to go away. I have seen disposable plates that are made of complete bio-degradable materials. Plastic is just not natural and only allows or reliance on oil to continue further than it should.
- hoopy22, on 07/15/2008, -1/+1I followed the link, lifelessplastic.blogspot.com, to a blogger trying to live without plastic. Although I commend the attempt, I can only imagine she must be a pain to live with or be friends with. Sort of like a vegetarian on steroids I would bet. "I can't eat that" "We can't go there" "That's bad for you" That being said, I do wish we could eliminate as much plastic as possible from our world. I remember glass bottled soda's, glass or paper milk containers, wax paper food wrappings. Somehow I remember food tasting better without plastic. And I remember using paper grocery sacks as trash bags. Sure, they were made from trees, but at least they break down in the landfills.
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