Plastics have become part of our
life. Plastic has been made into a variety of household items or for other
purposes. The cause of much use is it is cheap plastic and not broken. Plastics
are also often used as food containers. But you should be aware, the Food and
Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) Republic of Indonesia give warning to users
about the dangers of recycling plastic bags and food packaging made from PVC (Poly Vinyl
Chloride). The packaging
of this PVC material or otherwise contain heavy metals of lead can cause liver
cancer and damage the nervous system.
For that, you have to be careful of
plastic that you use. If you must use plastic, things you notice is the look at
the code, usually located in the bottom of plastic containers. The code
indicates what type of plastic material it is made. The code is a triangle
consisting of three arrows or the letter which stands for the name of the
manufacturer of plastic materials. By knowing the types of plastic raw
materials, we can find out whether the type of food is dangerous or not.
Here's the code that need attention:
1. High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
Typically used as packaging material
medicines or cosmetics.
2. Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC)
It is the most dangerous substances.
Often used as a channel of water, building materials, sometimes used as toys.
To the parents could care for him as a toy for children under the age.
3. Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
Commonly used to wrap vegetables and
frozen meat.
4. Polypropylene (PP)
Used for packaging food, beverages,
margarine, shampoo bottles or baby bottles.
5. Polystyrene (PS)
Polystyrene is a substance that is
harmful to the body. If oily foods are heated in these containers, styrene can
migrate into food, then use this material as food containers are not
recommended. Form of styrofoam cups and plates of food that has long been
regarded as a cause of cancer, spoons and forks, CD boxes.
The save plastic that can you use are code 1, 3 and 4. Other code we should use
as recommended in order not to endanger our health.
Keywords : The Danger of Plastics, Beware of
Plastic, The Plastic Code,
Using Savety Plastic, Poly Vinyl
Chloride on Plastic
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Nasrudin Latif, S.Pd, M.Pd.I -
