ARE WE INTERSTED IN EATING PLASTIC FOODS ?

(The Quiver)Pollution is a serious case of concern of the present times. Be it the climatic changes, changes in environment, global warming, repetitive occurrence of any natural calamities and many more problems, all these are results of human interference with the environment. Our need to lead a luxurious and easy life has landed earth in this problem. Human misutilization of the natural resources is steadily bringing human species to their end. Not the day is far away when everything will finish out of this human emitted poison called pollution. Now World is trying to deal with this serious problem of pollution.

 Human generated wastes from various domestic, offices, factories are not only polluting the environment but are seriously interfering with the natural ecosystems which has resulted in deaths and extinction of flora fauna. Mostly plastics wastes have a very hazardous consequences on biodiversity. Plastic is polluting oceans, impacting biodiversity, and affecting health of human and other living organisms.

Especially small pieces of plastics polyethene wrappers thrown out to the environment, disposed to waterbodies returns indirectly to us through food. This came to notice when a piece of plastic wrapper found to inside a ginger. Yes, surprising but true plastics deposit are now entering inside the vegetables which we are consuming daily to meet up with our nutrition requirements and hunger. Ultimately the harmful chemicals from plastics are transferred to our bodies through this vegetables and food.

On Monday, a piece of polythene wrapper remaining found inside a ginger from a local vegetable market of Angul district, odisha.

This is perhaps the initial warnings for all of us. If we don’t change our present way of living, we have to face the serious consequences of our deeds. So better we can change ourselves. We need to become environment friendly and modify our way of living accordingly.

A plastic free and pollution free earth should be our primary individual responsibility. Solutions and alternatives of plastics should be taken into consideration. This alternative of plastics and minimizing the rate of polluting, adopting to biofriendly materials can increase human life span as well as longevity of this beautiful and unique earth which supports many forms of life.