Drinking tea in plastic cup makes you
vulnerable to cancer
Do you take tea in a plastic cup
which is brought in colourful polythene bags? Do you consume food which is
packed in polythene? If it is so, shun this practice, otherwise you will
contract serious liver and kidney disease or even cancer.
Polythene bags or plastic cups
available in markets are re-cycled which is made with the help of a poisonous
chemical-Bisphenol-A. According to various tests conducted so far, this
compound has been proved cancerous.
Apart from Bisphenol-A, other
chemicals that are used in giving colour to plastics are also toxic. Whether it
is keeping hot tea or a cold item in a plastic cup, both are equally harmful
and the toxic chemicals get mixed with them.
According to Dr Bir Singh in
AIIMS Community Medicine Department, consuming stuff in colourful and white
recycled plastic jars or cups can also be hazardous.
The Bisphenol-A is harmful for
children as well as pregnant women. It can lead to breast cancer in women and
also become a reason for miscarriages. It can affect fertility in males as
well.
Former AIIMS Neuro specialist who
is presently with Artimus Hills Institute in Gurgaon, Dr Praveen Gupta said
that toxic chemicals enter body through consuming foods packed in plastic bags.
It affects the brain activity. This can also affect memory power in children,
he said.
Kindly show your responsibility
towards a clean bharat by just saying no to plastic, in any form. Further if u
have any innovative idea regarding same please spread it.
Regards
Responsible Bharatiya
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