Can be impotent

 Plastic enters the stomach with food. Can be impotent . Governments of different countries are taking various steps all over the world to ban the use of plastic items, especially polythene bags. We are witnessing how severe environmental pollution can be from polythene bags. However, the use of plastic has not decreased much. Do you know how much the use of these plastic items is harming our health or body? What has been revealed in the study of the University of Portsmouth in Britain is very scary. According to researchers at that university, the amount of plastic that enters a child’s body from birth to adulthood can make him impotent. From the amount of plastic we use, an average of 0.1 to 5 grams of microplastic enters the body every week. Studies have shown that an average of 11,845 to 1,93,200 microplastic particles enter a person’s body annually. The particles weighed together ranged from 7 to 287 grams. Plastic is needed to buy anything. From plastic packets to couto, we use it all in abundance. And in this we are causing our own danger. Researchers at the University of Portsmouth in Britain conducted a recent study to examine how this danger is occurring.

They collected two types of food items to detect the presence of microplastics in food. Among these, one item of food is kept in plastic wrap and the other without plastic wrap. Tests showed that the food wrapped in plastic wrap contained about 2.3 million ultrafine particles of plastic. 50,000 microplastic particles were found in the area without plastic barriers. In other words, microplastic particles are mixed in food somehow.

Researchers claim, only packed food contains so much microplastic. But every person eats 10 grams of microplastic with food every day! According to a study by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), eating food in plastic containers is the most dangerous for pregnant women. Because the poison of the microplastic entering their body can also reach the body of the unborn child.

In response to the question of how microplastics are making us sick, researchers said that the plastic bottles we use to store drinking water are made of polycarbonate plastic. Bisphenol A or BPA is added to this plastic to soften it. This BPA is used in large quantities in the chemical industry. According to researchers at the National Institute of Nutrition in Hyderabad, BPA during pregnancy can have a negative impact on the child’s fertility system. As a result, when the child becomes an adult, he may suffer from impotence.

They tested the subject on mice. For this, the pregnant mice were divided into two groups. One group was exposed to the BPA chemical for days 4 to 21 during pregnancy and the other group was not exposed to the chemical. It can be seen that mice exposed to BPA accumulate fatty acids in their bodies. These fatty acids damage the membrane around the spermatozoa.

According to this research paper published in the International Journal of Molecular Science, BPA affects hormones. It can cause infertility and cancer. So it is easy to estimate how much microplastic harms the health of the baby before birth.

Heating food in a microwave oven increases the risk of BPA entering the food. There are two types of plastic in our kitchen. A disposable bottle or packaging plastic, and a food grade container labeled BPA free. Companies claim that BPA-free bottles are safe to use. But experts do not agree on this.

Microplastics are commonly found in tap water, plastic bottles, and toys. According to researchers at the University of Portmouth, at least 7,000 microplastic particles enter our bodies in different ways. To prevent the dangers of plastic, their advice is not to keep cooked food in plastic containers. Do not use plastic containers in the microwave oven. Keep water in copper or steel bottles. According to official statistics, India produces 30 lakh 5 thousand tons of plastic annually. That’s less than half of recycled plastic. As a result, we have to be aware of ourselves to avoid the dangers of plastic. Only then will you live and the environment will be healthy.