Invisibles in plastic - a threat to human health

Just look around and you will find so many plastic items around you. Plastic has become a very important fixture in our everyday lives. Their beneficial impact on society is undeniable and can be best demonstrated by their medical uses and applications in public health. So slowly we are entering the "Age of Plastics." Everybody is being exposed to plastics to varying extents and are responsible for potentially dangerous human exposure to toxic chemicals released by them such as bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates (DEHP) which are now finding their way into our body and the environment.We knew that this plastic is coming back to us through our food chain. So we are not only using, but we are eating, drinking and even breathing the plastics. The adverse effects of BPA on human health are widely disputed and has been recently associated with a wide variety of medical disorders. So here we will try to find
• Whether the rising prevalence of diabetes, thyroid disorders, infertility, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), obesity, breast carcinoma etc. are related to the plastics ?
• Do we have a possible way out?