LIVING YOUNG
DR KRISA SIRAMPUJ
Cancer has topped one of the deadly diseases globally. One of possible causes are the increase in the use of plastic in everyday life.
Professor Gordon Robertson, world-renown packaging specialist from University of Queensland, emphasizes that plastic containers can cause cancer.
In many developed countries, plastic containers and the use of plastic in consumer products has been banned. The reason is that the plastic can create xenoestrogen or foreign hormone disrupter that can triggers prostate, genital and breast cancers.
However, in Thailand we still ignore this fact and believe that it is harmful only if plastic is used in high quantities. Yet, the fact is that we all use it in everyday life. How many times per day so we drink water from a plastic bottle and how frequently do we drink water from plastic bottle that are kept in the car all day?
If you want to be safe than sorry, here are some tips on the controlled use of plastic:
- Stop using containers that are made of plastic and polystyrene foam including plastic food wrap, disposable food trays and food cans.
- When you need to use plastic, avoid using in in extreme environmental conditions, such as in high heat or freezing temperatures.
- Do not put the hot food in a plastic container.
- Do not keep plastic bottles in the car when the weather is hot. Also avoid keeping the bottles for long periods of time in the car.
- Drink water from a glass, jug or stainless cooler instead of a plastic cup or plastic container.
- Replace all plastic food containers with glass, ceramic or stainless containers.
- For children, use good quality plastic for baby bottles and choose organic dairy products instead of farmed or commercial dairy milk.
- For cosmetic products, look for "parabens-free" on the label, including lipstick, sunscreen lotion, foam bath, shampoo and conditioner.
If we try to do all these, perhaps we can save the world from global warming and ourselves from dying young.
Dr Krisda Sirampuj is the director of the International Anti-Ageing Medicine Institute and a lecturer at Chulalongkorn University's PhD programme. He is also a columnist and a prolific author of 10 anti-ageing guide books.
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