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When you take care of  the ENVIRONMENT,  
everything is taken care off automatically.

Plastics, Plastic islands and Micro Plastics

We are in plastic world.
Plastic is almost used by everyone in the Planet.
Slowly it is showing its effect on environment.

We are at a stage to find immediate effective solution for this problem  as soon as possible. Most of the plastics used as of now are stable in the environment and not degrading easily. I have witnessed plastic bags strewn all over the places in land environment. This will cause effects on hydrological cycle and environment. They are polluting both land and water. When they are broken down after very long time, they become more dangerous by converting into micro plastics. These micro plastics can even travel between cells. They enter the food chain. More studies are needed to find the toxicity of these plastic substances. Plastic solids are eaten by birds and has caused mortality in little ones. Their stomach has shown to contain the bottle caps that could not be degraded even after they are dead. I have read about plastic islands formed in oceans because of plastic debris.

Recent story in CNN shows this effect in an alarming way -

Plastic Island Video

EPA Picture showing plastics in a turtle's stomach::

Day by day we are drinking polluted water, breathing polluted air, eating contaminated food, spending less and less time outdoors and not sleeping properly because of the electronic devices we use. All the five important necessities for sustaining healthy life is being threatened. Along with these, plastics also enter into bio-accumulation process through the food chain and start to affect - it is not good. We need to invest soon in bio-plastics that will degrade faster in the environment than these stubborn plastics. There are researches that add sugar to  plastics that will be eaten by bacteria and degrade soon. Further biological material such as plant fibers must be added to make plastic more bio-degradable. 

In 1990s we trained women fiber knitting (free training workshops)  to create eco-bags, an alternative to plastic bags. This also in turn recover women from poverty - a method to eradicate poverty and that eradicates hunger - which is our objective.

FIBER KNITTING TRAINING

NATURAL DYE PREPARATION

                                              SUN DRYING DYED FIBERS

                                           MANUAL FIBER KNITTING

FINISHED PRODUCTS - ECOBAGS - ALTERNATIVE FOR PLASTIC BAGS

These eco-bags should be encouraged to at least reduce plastics and give the opportunity to the under privileged women to come out of poverty.

More research should be done by plastic industries, scientific communities on biodegradable plastics and curb the effects of plastics to the environment and human health.

Environmental Protection a must

Environmental Protection needs to be considered seriously, especially now - because of high pollution levels, Already five essentials for survival - Water, Air, Food, Outdoor Environment and Sleep are being affected considerably. Along with these,  multiple adversaries are happening. Health is affected by so many things. Most of the people are depend on chemical medicines. Our bodies are exposed to more chemicals than before and it could also symbiotically affect the health with pollutants.

Recently saw photos about India's capital being affected by air pollution. As an Environmentalist, it was very hard to see that. It can lead to severe and several disasters. We have damaged the environment at the highest level. It affects human health in many ways. As an Environmental Scientist and toxicologist, I am well aware of that.

What can be done:

Governments should use air pollutants absorbing  Plants and  Electrostatic Precipitators efficiently to remove the pollutants so that people can get out without wearing masks.

Also they are many people still believing climate is not affected by pollutants and is a hoax. I hope at least they believe some percentage instead of completely denying it and help as an individual to decrease the pollution. One small example, I used to walk with my daughter during Halloween (October 31st)  wearing costumes and it was always very cold. Recent few years, the Halloween day was still like a summer day and was sweating during the walk, It is just a simple example. However rainfall patterns have changed, Arctic ice caps have melted, Hurricanes have affected the coastal areas, Beaches are becoming unsafe to swim. Governmental Organizations are warning about climate changes, NASA is also warning about this.

I personally know sacrificing Scientists studying about pollutants, how to reduce that and climate changes. We have come to a point that there is no more 100% pollutant free areas in the Globe. Pollutants have reached even remote parts of Mother Earth. We have to come up with novel methodologies and reduce the pollutants that we are letting into the environment. Also we have to come up with new ideas how to cost effectively control these pollutants.

Wherever we are, we should take necessary steps to curb pollutants and leave a healthy environment for our children. We can earn lots of money, we can be powerful person anywhere, but if the environment is not good, those mean nothing.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION is  must and mandatory for the benefit of our future generations, Please, Save the Environment.

Water Air Food Outdoor Energy Sleep - Living Healthy

Water:

  Water wars are already starting in the world. We are already paying for water than most of the commodities. Think about poor people - it is going to be tough for them. We all know water is important and it is important that we manage it properly. Water bodies are abused for selfish purposes and polluted at alarming rate. Most of the people are already drinking toxic soup water rather than normal water. Sewage, pharmaceutical products waste, other industrial effluents and non point sources taint water bodies. We are also depleting ground water at an alarming rate.

It is time to manage fresh water resources, properly.

Food (from Land - Soil):

   It is really hard to say that we are eating good food. Foods are prepared from produce grown using contaminated water, chemicals including pesticides. Apart from that, they are also genetically modified and are also tainted with antibiotics and hormones. Lands for food growth have become scarce. Buildings take over trees and cities are growing, Sea level rising will also decrease the coastal area lands.

It is time to properly manage land especially agricultural lands.

Soil is important part of the agriculture. Fertile soils are enriched from mountain's run off  and it's flow through the wonderful rivers. People are destroying both mountains and river's soil beds. Quarries affecting mountains and improper sand mining from rivers affect the soil fertility which is a very important resource. With that artificial chemicals input destroys total soil fertility. That is the reason one should follow natural organic sustainable agriculture to save soil, which is an important resource for the local, county and the Globe. 

 Soil with Earth Worm at EAFARMS

Zero Budget Natural Farming.

Air:

  If we do not take care of air pollution, soon we will have to pay for air as we do for water. Our future generations have to  carry oxygen cans as breathing aid.
They will have to be dressed like they live in another planet. Cities are getting affected by smog and other air pollutants from various sources. We also cut down trees which are sinks for these
air pollutants, so it is affecting us more.

It is time to curb air pollutants and be strict on emissions.

Outdoor Energy:
  We need energy from Sun (Vitamin D) and most of us are spending time in indoors than outdoors. In indoors  we are exposed to lots of  chemicals from various indoor sources, To curb that we need to grow indoor helpful plants (snake plants, Areca palm etc) - for better air in indoors.
We live in air conditioned houses and drive around in air conditioned cars. Summers are getting hotter and I have heard people complaining that they cannot withstand heat and spend more time indoors. Children are playing more indoor games than outdoor games. There will be more cases of vitamin D deficiencies and it is not good.

It is very important to spend some time outdoors to get some Sun's energy.

Sleep:
  We all need at least 8 hours of sleep and most of us don't even sleep  for 6 hours. Electronic devices - cell phones, laptops, tablets and desktops do not help either.
Think about how much time we spend on these devices even before sleep. Disturbed sleep is cause for many diseases.

It is very important to sleep for at least 7 hours to maintain proper health.

Big companies and owners are investing for curing diseases, If these necessities ( such as good water, unpolluted air, healthy food (eating is to be done as meditation - slowly, properly chewed food is half digested) , spending quality time outdoor in Sun and sleeping properly)   -
are properly followed, people will be healthy.

It should start from individuals.

One more important aspect is to avoid toxic substances -  Tobacco - Smoking, Alcohol and Drugs.

All these practices will improve the key immune system and make the body ready to fight Infectious diseases.

Prevention is better than cure.

Live Healthy.