Scary observation

Posted on October 27, 2022
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Oct. 27, 2022
I’m seeing more and more information that micro plastics are everywhere and causing damage to land, air and water.
It reminds me of a years ago tour of the outside of a chemical products complex in Germany. The Chemistry PhD showing it to us said it was proud to say it was a totally closed loop. No waste liquids or solids were released from the facility.
Later he told me of an experiment searching for a new adhesive that had gone wrong. They came in one morning and a vat of a solution had solidified and set. They had to chop and cut it out of the vat.
I asked him how they disposed of it in their vaunted closed system. He grinned and said, “We put a little bit of it in everything we make.”
So the system wasn’t closed at all was it?
I’m not suggesting the plant I saw was using toxic waste in its products. I just don’t know. Makes me wonder what and how much harmful waste is just sprinkled into products we all use every day. Might the micro plastics ecological infestation be a hint?
Thousands of new chemicals and products are developed and used every year. Most are never tested or regulated for environmental impact. What can go wrong, oft times will go wrong.                     DAC

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