Plastic

Plastic is a problem for the environment yet, we still manage to produce it and use it in almost everything we use. If is not made from plastic, it comes wrapped in plastic. Plastic is made from petroleum and natural gases. It takes about a quarter a bottle of petroleum to make a single plastic bottle. It also contains chemicals like pthalates and bispehnol-a that can be harmful for our health. There is websites and organizations that can help inform the public about the use of plastic and how it affects our health. The production of plastic, the use of plastic and the dispose of plastic is all toxic and is not good for our environment. We are dumping plastic into the ocean. Plastic doesn't go away it just keeps on breaking down into smaller pieces and fishes are mistaking it for food. More than 100 thousand marine animals die every year from eating plastic. Fishes that eat plastic are ingesting toxic plastic that makes them unsafe to eat. Birds also are dying and what they find in their stomachs is plastic caps from all kinds of bottles. The production of plastic is not going to stop. Humans need to change their habits and use less plastic.