7 ms·
Burying plastics results in leaching phthalates, estrogen mimics and assorted other crap into the ground, and groundwater, in the near term, not the far future.
by dflock 2y ago
Burying plastics results in leaching phthalates, estrogen mimics and assorted other crap into the ground, and groundwater, in the near term, not the far future.
- actionfromafar 2y agoUsing less of it and standardazing on what kinds of plastic can be used + burn the waste seems the only reasonable solution to me.
- Mistletoe 2y agoNot saying it is perfect, but modern landfills are sealed on the bottom. > Modern landfills are completely sealed to reduce contamination of the nearby groundwater. First, the ground is lined with clay. A thin layer of flexible plastic is placed on top of the clay layer. That allows the collection of leachate, the liquid that passes through the landfill and may draw out toxins from the trash. The leachate is collected though a drainage system that passes this contaminated water through pipes to a pool where it can be treated to remove the toxins before being released back into the environment. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/landfills/# https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/landfills/...
- testfoobar 2y agoHow much of the decline in testosterone among young men may be attributed to the plastics? https://www.urologytimes.com/view/testosterone-levels-show-steady-decrease-among-young-us-men https://www.urologytimes.com/view/testosterone-levels-show-s...
- cyberpunk 2y agoIt's strange that the article makes no mention of the absolute abundance of pornography/porn addiction? I thought it was a fairly well established link.
- commodoreboxer 2y agoIt's not well established at all. I don't think a single study has conclusively and causatively linked pornography use to lower testosterone levels.
- jajko 2y agoNobody is telling you to bury them in your backyard, modern landfills take all this and much more into account. Now of course an average 3rd world country doesn't have any of that, but if you would actually travel there you would see plastics everywhere, in the sea, on random land, in the mountains, in the rivers etc. While still leaking what you wrote but way more directly.