Recently, at the theme class meeting of Jingshi Experimental Primary School in Huicheng District, a class meeting with the theme of "Global War Plastic, You and I Walk Together" was opened. The sea is full of plastic waste, and the belly is full of marine life with plastic waste, and the video shows shocking scenes. After watching the video, the students discussed the dangers of plastic pollution.
Gu Haiyan, teacher of Jingshi Experimental Primary School in Huicheng District: We encourage children to imagine how to reuse plastic products, such as used plastic boxes to make piggy banks and small flower baskets.
The students said that they had learned a lot from the class and hoped to protect their shared home by reducing the use of plastic products.
Student Zhong Yuhan: It's best to bring your own kettle every time you go out, because plastic cups can also cause harm to the environment. If you want to use plastic bags, use biodegradable plastic bags.
It is worth noting that in addition to visible plastic products, the impact of microplastics on the human body is also becoming more and more frequent. The vast majority of bottled water for drinking water is packaged in plastic, which looks clean and safe. But an article published in January in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) pointed out that bottled water packaging materials continue to release tiny plastic particles into the water. Each 1-litre bottle of bottled water contains about 240,000 microplastic particles, and plastic pollution has affected people's health and daily life.
Citizen Ms. Zhang: I think the intake of microplastics has some impact on our health, and I basically use glass, stainless steel, ceramics and other products to replace plastic bottles in my daily life.
The tableware that uses plastic products should be reduced in life, and when it is unavoidable, try not to hold high-temperature food, which can reduce the intake of microplastics by the human body.
Zheng Lei, Director of the Institute of Pollution Control Process of Huizhou University: Microplastics are actually plastic particles with a diameter of less than 5 mm, which will enter our lungs through our respiratory system and easily lead to lung dysfunction. The second is that microplastics can enter the bloodstream of the human body and remain in the liver, and long-term accumulation will increase the burden on the liver. Microplastics are also carriers of bacteria and viruses, and long-term exposure to microplastics can easily cause infections and reduce the body's immunity.