Grove’s FIELD GUIDE to Plastics: Unpacking the Plastics Pandemic
About this ebook
This one really snuck up on us. One moment we’re revolutionizing the future and the next we’re swimming in a forever land of nondegradable microplastic particles, fibers and the cornucopia of toxic forever chemicals used to make them. Plastics are complex petroleum-based carbon chains with the same climate impacts as burning coal and gasoline, and a centuries-long lifespan that will leave them clogging our waterways and landfills centuries after we’re gone. They never break down into their component chemicals; they just get brittle and break down into smaller and smaller pieces of – well, “plastic”.
The health problems of having hundreds-of-millions of tiny plastic particles taking up space inside our bodies is just now being studied. Early research on the chemicals leaching into our bodies from these microplastics suggest links to ADHD, obesity, alzheimers and a pantheon of other neurological and hormonal issues.
We can’t hide from this modern world of plastic pollution, but we can unpack the problem and choose to avoid the greatest risks. It’s our responsibility to make personal choices that assure the health, safety and welfare of ourselves, our communities, our children and future generations.
This Field Guide will help.
About the author
Bob Grove grew up among northern Missouri farmers where he developed a passion for the rights of people and for healthy environments in which those rights can thrive. He currently serves as President of the Climate Council (www.ClimateGKC.org) and Executive Producer of the Climate Hour (www.ClimateHour.net). Bob is a frequent speaker on a wide range of sustainability topics, both in person and through online workshops. He can be reached through Wordsinger Publishing (www.Wordsinger.com).
