ʻOiaʻiʻo, pono e palekana kēlā huahana i hoʻohana nui ʻia, pololei? Akā, pōʻino, ʻaʻole kēia ka hihia. Hiki i kekahi o nā kemika i loko o ka plastic ke pau i kā mākou meaʻai, a ʻaʻohe kuleana o nā mea hana e hōʻike i nā kemika a lākou e hoʻohana ai.
ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ko mākou ola, akā ʻo ka ʻono ʻawaʻawa o nā meaʻai i mālama ʻia a i kuke ʻia paha i loko o ka plastik no ka manawa lōʻihi ke ʻōlelo nei i kekahi mea.
ʻO ko mākou hilinaʻi ʻana i ka plastic ke kumu i nā pilikia he nui. Hōʻike mākou iā ʻoe i nā kumu koʻikoʻi 7 e haʻalele ai ʻoe i ka plastic, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka meaʻai.
1. BFA (Bisphenol A)
Nui nā ʻano plastic like ʻole, a ua hāʻawi ʻia kēlā me kēia i kahi helu kikoʻī. Hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke hoʻohana i kēia mau helu no ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā hiki ke hana hou ʻia kahi plastic.
Hana ʻia kēlā me kēia ʻano plastic e like me kekahi "recipe". ʻO ka plastik #7 he plastic polycarbonate paʻakikī a ʻo ia kēia ʻano i loaʻa ka BPA.
I ka wā lōʻihi, kūkulu ka BPA i loko o ko mākou kino a kōkua i ka luku ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana endocrine, a hoʻonui pū i ka pilikia o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā maʻi ʻino e like me ke kanesa a me ka maʻi puʻuwai. ʻO nā kamaliʻi, me nā kamaliʻi a me nā'ōpiopio paha, ua maʻalahi lākou i ka hopena o ka BPA i kā mākou meaʻai. ʻO ia ke kumu i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia ai ka BPA i nā mea e like me nā ʻōmole pēpē a me nā ʻeke.
Akā hiki i ka BPA ke hūnā i nā mea he nui: i loko o nā kini sopa aluminika, nā kini huaʻai a me nā mea kanu, nā pepa hoʻokipa, nā kini soda, nā DVD a me nā kīʻaha thermos. E ho'āʻo e kūʻai i nā huahana i kapa ʻia ʻo "BPA free" e kaupalena i nā hopena ʻino o kēia mea ma kou kino.
2. Phthalates
ʻO nā plastik palupalu, i hoʻohana ʻia i nā ʻano mea pāʻani a nā keiki, loaʻa nā phthalates, ka mea e hoʻopili ai i ka mea. Hana pinepine ʻia nā mea pāʻani me PVC, a i ʻole #3 plastic. ʻAʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā Phthalates i ka PVC, no laila hiki ke komo i loko o ka ʻili a i ʻole nā meaʻai a lākou e launa pū ai.
Hōʻike nā haʻawina e hoʻopōʻino ka phthalates i ka endocrine a me nā ʻōnaehana hānau o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā keiki a hiki ke hoʻonui i ka hopena o ka maʻi maʻi ate. A ʻo ka ʻala o ka PVC hou e hōʻike ana he mea ʻawaʻawa kēia mea.
Hiki ke paʻakikī ke pale loa i kēia mau mea. Hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou i kekahi manawa ma nā huahana mālama pilikino, no laila e ʻimi i ka lepili "phthalate-free" ma nā huahana āu a me kou ʻohana e hoʻohana ai e mālama i kou ʻili.
3. Antimony
Ua ʻike ka poʻe a pau ua lilo nā ʻōmole wai plastik i mea pōʻino kaiapuni, akā ʻaʻole ʻike ka poʻe āpau i ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i ko mākou olakino. ʻO ka plastic i hoʻohana ʻia i loko o kēia mau ʻōmole ʻo #1 PET a hoʻohana i kahi kemika i kapa ʻia he antimony ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoikaika i kāna hana. Manaʻo nā kānaka noiʻi e hoʻonui ka antimony i ka maʻi kanesa.
Pono ka noiʻi hou aʻe no ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā pilikia piha o ka antimony i loko o ka wai, akā ua ʻike mua ʻia ka antimony e lele i waho o nā hue me ka wai. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ke olakino i ka poʻe e hana ʻoihana me ka antimony ma o ka hoʻopā ʻana a i ʻole ka hanu ʻana i ka lāʻau.
4. Nā mea hoʻohui antibacterial
ʻO ke ʻano o ka plastic ka hapa nui o kā mākou pahu mālama meaʻai he polypropylene (#5 plastic). No ka manawa lōʻihi, ua manaʻo ʻia ka plastic #5 he ʻokoʻa olakino no ka plastic BPA. Eia naʻe, ua ʻike ʻia i kēia manawa ua lele nā mea hoʻohui antibacterial mai ia mea.
He mea hou kēia i ʻike ʻia, a he nui nā noiʻi e hana ʻia no ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka pōʻino i hiki ke hana i ka plastic No. 5 i ke kino. Eia nō naʻe, pono e mālama ko mākou ʻōpū i kahi koena maikaʻi o ka bacteria i mea e hana pono ai, a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mea hoʻohui antibacterial i ke kino hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki i kēia kaulike.
5. Teflon
ʻO Teflon kahi ʻano mea ʻilika lāʻau ʻole e uhi ai i kekahi mau ipu a me nā pā. ʻAʻohe mea hōʻike he mea ʻawaʻawa maoli ʻo Teflon i ke kino, akā hiki iā ia ke hoʻokuʻu i nā kemika ʻona ma nā wela kiʻekiʻe loa (ma luna o 500 degere). Hoʻokuʻu pū ʻo Teflon i nā kinikona pōʻino i ka wā o kāna hana ʻana a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana.
No ka pale ʻana i kēia mea, koho i nā kīʻaha i hana ʻia mai nā mea palekana. ʻO kahi koho maikaʻi ʻo ia ka hao hao a me ka mea kuke seramika.
6. ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻai ʻia
Hoʻomaopopo ka ʻoihana kemika ʻaʻohe ala e pale aku ai i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka plastic i loko o ka meaʻai, akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka helu o ia mau mea. ʻO ka mea maʻamau e nānā ʻole ʻia ʻo ka nui o kēia mau mea kemika ʻaʻole hiki ke hana ʻia e ke kino, akā e noho i loko o kā mākou ʻiʻo momona a hoʻomau i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i laila no nā makahiki he nui.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe mākaukau e hoʻōki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka plastic, aia kekahi mau ala e hōʻemi ai i kou ʻike. No ka laʻana, mai hoʻomehana i ka meaʻai i loko o ka plastic, no ka mea, hoʻonui kēia i ka nui o ka plastic inested. Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ka paʻi ʻilika no ka uhi ʻana i ka meaʻai, e hōʻoia ʻaʻole pili ka plastic i ka meaʻai.
7. Ka pōʻino o ke kaiapuni a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i ke kaulahao meaʻai
ʻAʻole ia he lono no ka lōʻihi o ka pohō a hōʻiliʻili ʻia ka plastic i loko o nā waihona ʻāina me ka wikiwiki weliweli. ʻOi aku ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, e pau ana i ko mākou mau muliwai a me nā moana. ʻO kahi laʻana koʻikoʻi ka Great Pacific Garbage Patch, he puʻu nui o ka ʻilika e lana ana ʻo ia kekahi o nā "mokupuni" ʻōpala i hana ʻia i loko o nā wai o ka honua.
ʻAʻole decompose ka plastic, akā ma lalo o ka mana o ka lā a me ka wai, e wāwahi ʻia i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi. ʻAi ʻia kēia mau ʻāpana e nā iʻa a me nā manu, no laila e komo i ke kaulahao meaʻai. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i ka nui o nā mea ʻawaʻawa e hoʻopōʻino i ka heluna kanaka o kēia mau holoholona, e hōʻemi ana i kā lākou helu a hoʻoweliweli i ka pau ʻana o kekahi mau ʻano.
ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka hoʻopau loa ʻana i ka plastic ma muli o ka nui o kā mākou meaʻai. Eia nō naʻe, aia kekahi mau hana maʻalahi hiki iā ʻoe ke hana e hōʻemi i ka hopena.
No ka hoʻomaka ʻana, e hoʻololi i nā ipu aniani, nā ipu inu, a me nā ʻōmole pēpē. E hoʻohana i kahi kāwele pepa i loko o ka microwave e hoʻopaʻa i ka paʻi, ʻaʻole i ka ʻili plastik. He mea maikaʻi nō hoʻi e holoi lima i nā ipu ʻili ma mua o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i loko o ka mīkini holoi kīʻaha, a e hoʻolei aku i nā mea ʻilika i kālai ʻia a i ʻole ʻia.
Ma ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ʻana i ko mākou hilinaʻi ʻana i ka plastic, e hōʻoia mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi nui ke olakino o ka Honua a me kona poʻe a pau.