Toxic chemicals in plastics

Do you know that more than 13,000 different chemicals are involved in the production of plastics and many of these have never been assessed for their toxicity?

Certain products are subjected to a stringent regulations on which chemicals can be included, so to reduce or mitigate the risk of exposure to toxins. However, this becomes problematic when you start to consider recycled plastics.

According to Dr Charlotte Lloyd, researcher in environmental chemistry at the University of Bristol, "We need to know more about what goes into plastics in the first place and better regulation of how recycled products are used"

Read the article to find out more!