However, the problem with plastic how much it has changed our world forever. Plastic has greatly affected the surface of our planet. One of the most universal and long-lasting recent changes to the surface of our planet is the accumulation and fragmentation of plastic, says scientific researcher David Barnes. There is nothing that can be done to fix the amount of plastic that is in the worlds oceans and surface. However, there is nothing being done to fix the problem at all because nobody has admitted that there is one. In fact by next year more than three hundred million tons of plastic will be produced worldwide. Plastic Planet, a documentary by Werner Boote goes into the worlds dependency on plastic in more detail. Finding experts who agree and have tested the dangers of plastic and confronting the producers, users and consumers of plastic products on the danger of the products they produce. The filmmaker Werner Boote opens by c
laiming that he wanted to open the film with a shot of natural earth but no such thing exist any more. The amount of plastic produced in the first ten years of this century will close to match the amountproduced ion the entire century before.
The next question should be why is plastic no matter how much is produced important beyond the fact that I use it? Well the fact of the matter is that plastic can be linked to many problems in human health. As stated before plastic contains a number of additives that are potentially toxic. One of these chemicals and perhaps the most important to discuss when talking about the link between human health problems and plastic is bisphenol A or, BPA. Bisphenol A is used along with other chemicals in plastic. BPA causes hormone problems that make it unsafe to use in consumer products and packaging. However these hormonal effects are estrogen like in nature and can be found in just about all plastics: