Is it really? Well, according to Dr. Mao over at Yahoo Health, this is quite true. He also presents some practical things that we could all do to help the environment and be healthier at the same time. Seeing as we have just recently celebrated Earth Day, this topic is quite appropriate, don’t you think? Let’s take a look at some of Dr. Mao’s suggestions.

Less Plastic, More Health
Lightweight, durable and versatile, plastic is everywhere in our modern world; this is bad news for the environment and our health.

He lists down a lot of things at home which are made of plastic. This prompted me to look through some of my things and he is right! Heck, even this laptop I am using has a lot of plastic parts. So what’s bad about plastic?

According to Dr. Mao, “many plastics release vinyl chloride and other harmful estrogen-like substances that can lead to cancer, birth defects, hormonal imbalance, and lung and liver disease.”

He might be right or he might be overstating things a bit but it wouldn’t hurt to use less plastic.

Some practical suggestions? Instead of using plastic containers as the default, why not use glass ones instead? I also like the wooden and ceramic variations as well.

Let’s look at a few more things next time.

這是真的嗎? 好,通過毛博士在雅虎健康網上說的,這的確是真的,他也舉了幾個我們能夠做的實際事情保護環境,同時這些事情更有益于健康.鑒于我們剛剛慶祝的地球日 ,這個話題是比較合適的,你不覺得嗎?讓我們看看毛博士的一些建議吧.

少一點塑料，多一點健康。

輕便，耐用以及多功能的塑料在現代社會隨處可見，這對我們的環境和健康非常不利。

他列舉了一些在家使用的塑料制品。這促使我審視一些我的東西，我發現他說的對！令我來氣的是我的筆記本電腦也用了許多的塑料零件。那么，關于塑料有什么不好呢？

毛博士說許多的塑料能釋放氯乙烯和其他的有害的的雌性激素，人吃了能夠致癌，導致出生缺陷，激素不平衡以及肺病和肝。

他說的也許對或者是夸張了一點，但這并不對少用塑料的人造成傷害。

還有其他的一些實際的建議嗎？，既然不用塑料容器是默認，為什么不用玻璃代替呢？我同樣喜歡木制的和陶瓷替代品。