It was interesting reading about your group's plastics discussion and one area which I'd like to know more about is the question of which plastics are likely to be most toxic and what products they are in. I believe that Bisphenol is a 'baddy' and is present in lots of plastic products although it has been banned in Canada and also by the EU for products used by young children.
My grandchildren and their friends go to school hugging a plastic water bottle which has one of those pull-out tops which are often chewed when they are pulled out using the teeth. The two schools attended by my grandchildren both ask children to bring bottles of water to school presumably because they don't have access to water in school. Have the water drinking fountains which were a familiar and well-used essential in schools in days past disappeared from schools? If so, why? If the reason is 'health and safety' my guess is that a child's health is more at risk from chewing on plastic than from using the same drinking fountain as their friends!
I'd be really interested to hear whether all schools now ask children to bring a plastic bottle filled with water to school. In addition to the potential risk from toxic plastic, just think about the massive land-fill problem produced if each child has a bottle. Or two or three each to allow for lost bottles. Then there is the hastle each morning when we can't find the bottle just when we are rushing to get to school .. and the moans when the bottle is left in school at the end of the day. We desparatley need a campaign outlawing the need to take a bottle of water to school!!!
Eileen Peck
(S E Essex Group)
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