Health Hazards of the Plastic Use: Strategies to Handle the Situation

Abstract

It is evident that plastics bring many societal benefits and offer future technological and medical advances. However, concerns about health hazards are diverse and include accumulation of waste in landfills and natural habitats, physical problems for wildlife resulting from ingestion or entanglement in plastic, the leaching of chemicals from plastic products, and the potential for plastics to transfer chemicals to wildlife and humans. Importantly, toxins that frequently appeared in water samples from there used bottles were diethylhexyl phthalate, a carcinogen regulated in drinking water because it has been found to cause many health issues. In this review, we will discuss different issues related to health hazards of the plastic use and strategies to deal with.