Life in plastic, it's fantastic

Value

I value clean water, food and items that are safe and healthy for my body.

Vision

In my vision, I don’t have to worry about chemicals and endocrine disruptors leaking into my water and my food. There are enforced rules that mitigate the way chemicals enter into waterways. The amount of plastic in the ocean has been reduced, so plastics are less present in seafood, and chemicals like BPA banned. Wood, paper, or (even better) reusable packaging is used instead of plastic. 

Intervention

Interventions can include lobbying policymakers to ban harmful chemicals like BPA from food packaging. For example, the organization Breast Cancer Prevention Partners started the campaign Cans Not Cancer to pressure manufactures to remove BPA from the lining of cans. Educating the public through social media is also a good idea, since not everyone knows that BPA is found in receipts, face masks, and more. Interventions can also provide social pressure–to use a reusable water bottle instead of plastic, for example. 

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