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150 world hurmful effect of plastic bag?​

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Answered by Anonymous
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Plastic bag is a non renewable resource. Plastic Living organisms, particularly marine animals, can be harmed either by mechanical effects, such as entanglement in plastic objects, problems related to ingestion of plastic waste, or through exposure to chemicals within plastics that interfere with their physiology.

bags are low resistant to high temperature. Due to leaching of toxic dyes form plastic bags, it can easily contaminates food products. It also affects agriculture, land, environment due to pollution caused by plastic bags.

Answered by SelieVisa
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Adverse effects of plastic

Plastics are things or objects made of organic polymers or synthetic compounds.

Plastic products like plastic bottles and plastic bags are not bio-degradable and can remain unchanged for many years. This adversely affects the fertility and the quality of the soil.

Plastics products including plastic bags are a health hazard. Exposure to toxic chemicals emitted by plastics causes cancer, decreases the effectiveness of the immune system, and are responsible for many other diseases.

Dumping of plastic bags, plastic bottles, etc. has created an unhygienic condition to our environment. Plastic litters has become a major pollution to our surrounding.

Our freshwater sources like rivers and lakes are becoming dumpsters for plastic bags. This results in scarcity of drinking water.

Plastic products, especially plastic bags find their way into rivers and oceans. They are swallowed by fish, seabirds, and other marine creatures leading to death by suffocation.

Plastic bags, plastic bottles and other discarded plastic products do not decompose naturally. They accumulate in drainage and sewerage systems and block the flow of water causing waterlogging.

Plastic products including plastic bags are often disposed off by burning and this releases poisonous gases into the atmosphere. This pollutes the air we breathe and increases global warming.

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