Microplastic Particles: Sex Toys May Cause Diabetes

“What began as an almost invisible trickle near the beginning of the 20th Century has now become a monstrous tsunami. Plastic and plastic chemicals have spread like a scourge to every part of our planet, even inside us at levels known to be hazardous. Yet industry projections based on ‘business-as-usual’ anticipate the volume of plastics created will double by the mid-century,” said Dr John Peterson Myers, founder of Environmental Health Sciences and a member of the Plastic Health Council. “We must choose. Will we smother the Earth and ourselves with toxic plastics? Or do we have the courage and foresight to stop the onslaught?”