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Chelcie

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    This webpage has valuable information about plastic which is one of the most commonly used items today. Using plastic can not only hurt our environment but new medical research also suggest that plastic if used inappropriatley can be harmful to humans.
Lynn Dee

WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: How Much E-W... - 0 views

  • Computer hardware can include plastics made with dioxin
  • When these materials get into the water supply, they can lead to birth defects and worse.
    • Lynn Dee
       
      We could just be causing new problems
  • A few years ago, the question would end there: we would have to decide whether we want portable electronics or zero harmful waste.
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  • bioplastics, which use plants to create a replacement for inorganic plastics, and organic polymer electronics,
    • Lynn Dee
       
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sleavitt

Dow Chemical Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    Second largest chemical manufacturer in the world, and largest producer of plastics. Responsible for 20,000 deaths in the Bhopal disaster in India, was the sole supplier of napalm to the US in  the Vietnam War, and manufactured Agent Orange. The Human Element indeed.
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