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– “What Are Plastics Doing to Our Children’s Brains?”
“Plastic isn’t just bad for the environment.

A group of chemicals added to plastic can impact human health…especially children’s brains. They’re called phthalates.

Phthalates are found in hundreds of plastic products like rubber duckies, beach balls, plastic raincoats, plastic food containers (including the prepackaged foods in markets). They act as carriers for fragrances in products like laundry detergents, fabric softeners, soaps and shampoos as well as your favorite cologne or perfume.

Phthalates are also in cosmetics. They keep your mascara from running, stop your nail polish from chipping and help perfume linger.

Scientists have shown that they’re a probable human carcinogen as well as endocrine disruptors—gender-bender chemicals that make girls develop earlier and reduce testosterone levels in boys. They affect behavior too. One study from Environmental Health Perspectives found that prenatal exposure to phthalates caused an increase in ADHD behavior in children aged 4-9,” quoting The Green Divas.
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– Ramtha spoke about the greater “consequences” of using plastics
“The Earth has turned on you. It has turned on you because you have sucked its blood out of its veins, its oil. You have dug up its metals and you have poisoned the mountains and the stream and the trout and the flower and the water necessary for all life. You have thrown your trash into the sea. You have made products convenient for you without understanding its consequences because you don’t want to wash pottery. Pottery is biodegradable; a plastic cup isn’t. Long ago a child’s loincloth was woven from reeds, beautiful linen, that could be broken down simply, but not today. It is made with dangerous gases and plastics that will never break down. How many children were born to six and a half billion people? How many of them were not put into linens, whose waste the Earth can only tolerate by putting it in its fires to destroy it? Now its creatures are sick.”
– Ramtha
“Change – The Days That Are Here”
April 14, 2007
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