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Microplastics - Your Environment, Your Health

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Add caption 1) What is defined as microplastics? They are not another kind of plastics. Microplastics are the small pieces of plasti...

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</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">What is defined as microplastics?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> They are not
another kind of plastics. Microplastics are the small pieces <b>of
plastics that are less than 5mm in length. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">They are made of
synthetic polymers chains with carbon and hydrogen atoms. Besides, Toxic
substances like dioxin, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and
Polychlorinated biphenyl is present as the ingredients in Microplastics or
absorbed by the microplastics in the environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Microplastics are
non-biodegrade and <b>stay in the environment for a long time</b>.
Microplastics are recently found everywhere in global marine ecosystems. As
they can bioaccumulate through the marine food web and finally cause health problems
in the human, researchers became more interested in the health and
environmental effects of microplastics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">What are the types of microplastics?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Primary microplastics</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:
They are intently produced as ingredients for many industrial applications.
Microplastics are added as <b>microbeads</b> in skincare products in
the cosmetics industry to remove dead cells and open the pores in the skin. In
lipsticks, microbeads are added as an emulsifying agent. Microbeads are also
found in some personal care toothpaste, face washes, shaving creams,
sunscreens, and face scrubs. Another type of microplastics is <b>synthetics
fibers</b> that are used in manufacturing tires and synthetic clothes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Secondary microplastics</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:
Unlike other materials, plastics are not fully degraded into carbon, hydrogen,
and oxygen back. Instead, they are partially broken down into smaller pieces
called microplastics. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">How do the microplastics contaminate
the environment</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Microbeads in cosmetics
and personal care products release into the environment from rising off the
body. Microfibers leach out of the synthetic clothes during the washing
process. As microplastics are too small, they can be removed by the filtration
techniques available in the sewage water treatment plants. So, eventually,
microplastics make their way into aquatic bodies like rivers, lakes, and ocean
and soil in the environment. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And also, synthetic
fibers are detached onto roads from tiers; they end up in aquatic bodies
through runoff. Microplastics can be leaked from the products during production,
distribution, and selling. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The secondary
microplastics are produced in the environment when plastic-based products are
washed away into aquatic ecosystems or household waste, and waste from the
fishing industry are thrown away into the ocean. These plastics are carried out
by ocean currents and form large garbage patches in the sea. In the
environment, these plastics are subjected to weathering by natural factors like
high temperature, oxidation, wave action, UV radiation, and physical forces. These
factors accelerate the degradation of plastics. It results in a large number of
microplastics in the environment. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Environmental effects</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Effects on aquatic
organisms</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">: Microplastics mimics the zooplankton and
phytoplankton in the marine ecosystems. So, microplastics are mistakenly eaten
by aquatic birds, fishes, crustaceans, and other aquatic organisms. The
consumption of non-digestible, nonnutritious microplastics leads to starvation
and the development of malnutrition conditions in the marine organisms. The
digestion of microplastics ingested marine organisms is interrupted by blocking
the digestive tract. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Bioaccumulation through
marine food webs</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">: toxic chemicals in the microplastics are
transferred through the niches in the food webs. Ultimately, it increases the the concentration of such toxic compounds in the marine animals at the top
level. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Provide a surface for
spreading invasive species</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">: Small size marine organisms use
microplastics as an ideal surface for spreading into long distances through the
ocean currents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Effects on human health</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Human are at greater risk
for ill-health conditions as people daily intake contaminated foods and water
by microplastics <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Endocrine disruptors</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:
Bisphenols leaching from microplastics can act as endocrine disruptors and
leads to infertility in both women and men. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Carcinogens</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:
Chemicals compounds such as polychlorinated biphenyls in microplastics serve as
carcinogens to humans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">What are the solutions for
microplastic pollution?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Proper disposal of
plastic waste: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Plastic waste should be segregated from
other waste at the household level. Then plastics with high quality should be
sent for recycling facility and plastics contaminated by other materials like
cosmetics should be disposed of in a sanitary landfill. The use of plastics in
outdoor functions should be limited, or plastics should be collected at the end
of the function. Thereby, the degradation or fragmentation of plastics in the
environment can be stopped. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The recollection of
storage containers of products: Manufactures provides facilities to recollect
the plastic storage containers. So, containers can be sent for recycling and
produce new containers for production.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Costumers’
responsibility: Customers have to make a wise decision when they buy goods for
themselves. They must prevent purchasing products with microplastics as raw
materials. <o:p></o:p></span></p><br />

Microplastics - Your Environment, Your Health

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5 Facts Why people need to more concern about Personal care products and cosmetics

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Title: 5 Facts Why people need to more concern about Personal care products and cosmetics
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1) What are personal care products and cosmetics? Personal care products are applied externally to the body for the following purp...

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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">    </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">What
are personal care products and cosmetics? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Personal care products
are applied externally to the body for the following purposes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">       
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Enhancing beauty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Cleaning the skin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Protecting the skin against the suns UV
radiation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Prevention the aging the skin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Cleaning hair<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Some ingredients used in
these products are found as toxic to the health of humans as well as animals.
Coal tar, 1,4- dioxins, formaldehyde, lead, Toluene, mercury, and microplastics
are examples of the toxic compounds found in these products.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, the use of such toxic substances in the
production of personal care products and cosmetics is banned, or allowable
amounts are prescribed. But, some of these products may contain elevated levels
of toxic chemicals due to the low cost of the ingredients or to give instant
results.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">    </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">How
do personal care products and cosmetics contaminate the environment?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>1. Disposal of plastic containers<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Even though these
containers are produced with recyclable plastic materials, they are directly
thrown away into the environment as the manufacturers do not have procedures
for the recollection of the empty containers. In the environment, plastics
degrade into microplastics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">2. Use of sachet packets<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Rather than purchasing
expensive, high volume bottles, single-use, sachet packets make affordable the
smallest quantity of some personal care products such as hair jells, shampoos,
and conditioners for the low-income communities. Sachet packets are stored in a
thin layer of polythene and aluminum foil. Due to their low cost, people tend
to buy sachet packets daily, and they are not properly disposed of in the
environment. As a result, a large number of sachet packets accumulate in the environment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">3. Use of labels printed
with toxic inks<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Petroleum-based inks are
used for printing labels in the manufacturing industry. These inks contain
trash amounts of heavy metals like Pb and Hg.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">4. Removal of personal
care products and cosmetics during cleaning<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A significant fraction of
applied personal care products and cosmetics are washed away from the body
during bathing, washing, and swimming to sewage treatment plants.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">5. Residual in the
containers and package after the usage<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">After usage, containers
the personal care products and cosmetics are disposed of without cleaning the
residuals. Once they enter into aquatic bodies or contact with soil, their
remaining may release and contaminate the environment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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effects</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Frequent floods</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:
Irregular disposal of Plastic containers and Sachets packets cause clogging in
the drains. It results in flash floods during rains with light rainfall
intensity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Heavy metals: </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Coloring
agents that are added for producing colors in cosmetics contain heavy metals,
although they are artificially synthesized or produced from natural resources
like clay. Because clay is contaminated during the mining process by heavy
metals. These heavy metals are released into the environment during the washing
of the body. Even only trash amount of heavy metals can be toxic to soil
organisms as well as aquatic organisms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Effects
of Microplastics</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">: </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When
the plastic containers of personal care products or cosmetics are degraded,
they are not fully degraded into carbon dioxide and water. They partially break
down into tiny pieces called microplastics. And also, artificially produced
microplastic bead is added as ingredients in skincare products. Toxic
substances like dioxin, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and Polychlorinated
biphenyl are added as their ingredients into Microplastics or absorbed by the
microplastics in the environment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">As the particle size of
microplastics is too small, current filtration methods in the wastewater
treatment plants are also not sufficient to remove the Microplastics and
released them with treated water into the environment. When these microplastics
are ended up in the marine environment, they tend to spread throughout the food
webs and bioaccumulate in marine organisms. Marine organisms mistakenly take
microplastic as their food sources. As microplastics are not digested in their
body, they interrupt the digestion and block the digestive tract. And
eventually, the intake of a large number of nonnutritious microplastics results
in malnutrition in marine organisms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Coral bleaching:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">
Tourists tend to apply sunscreen on their skin to protect against the sun’s
harmful radiation. Ultraviolet filers like oxybenzone dissolve out from
sunscreen tend to interrupt the reproduction and growth of corals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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health effects<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Endocrine disruptors</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:
Some chemicals in personal care products and cosmetics behave like hormones of
humans. They interfere with the functioning of the endocrine system and cause
problems in reproduction, growth and development, and immunity. Dioxin and
Diethanolamine, which are commonly found in foaming products like shampoo, body
washes, and shaving creams, act as endocrine disruptors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Carcinogens</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:
Chemical compounds like dioxins, Formaldehydes, talc, and Toluene are found as
carcinogens to human health. Toluene is added as a solvent in nail polishes and
hair dyes. Formaldehydes are added as an ingredient, or it results from the
degradation of other compounds in the products. It is found as a preservative
or disinfectant agent in deodorants, shampoo, shaving creams, bathing soap, and
nail polish. These chemicals lead to the development of uncontrolled growth of
cell masses called tumors and eventually cause cancers in the body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Heavy metals</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:
Heavy metal are added to cosmetics as a color additive agent. Even though they
are added as prescribed amounts in the production, chronic exposure for trash
amounts of heavy metals may cause an increase in the development of cancers and
other health issues associated with heavy metals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Microplastics</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:
People tend to show serious health conditions after they consume contaminated
seafood and salts by microplastics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sachet packets</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:
As they are contaminated with the stored products, sachet packets are not
possible to send for recycling. So, the only viable solution for the sachet
packets is throwing away after usage. As a result, the volume of municipal
waste has increased throughout the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 
</span>As they take hundreds of years to degrade and residuals resulting from
the degradation can contaminate soil, groundwater, and surface water sources,
they have to be disposed of in a sanitary landfill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Refiling</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:
Refilling facilities for personal care products like shampoo can be provided.
So, people tend to shift from purchasing products, again and again, to refill
with old containers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Products with less toxic
compounds</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">: As people, more concern about the ingredients of the
products they daily apply onto their bodies and their side effects,
manufacturing companies of personal care products and cosmetics tend to
products with less toxic substances. Costumers have to make wise decisions when
then purchase products for hygiene and enhancing beauty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Production of a small
quantity of personal care products in refillable containers</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">:
Rather than selling small quantities of products as sachet packets, they can be
provided with small containers at a reasonable price.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In environmental problems and sustainable use of natural resources, significant imbalances exist in practically all major environmental...

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In environmental problems and sustainable use of natural
resources, significant imbalances exist in practically all major environmental
areas. Our services in environmental consulting consist of being able to
identify these environmental problems and improve the sustainable uses of the
resources.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Water represents one of the priority aspects of
environmental matters. There are very severe problems in terms of water
scarcity for human consumption, water quality and pollution of water resources.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are countries that face a worrisome and natural
disaster situation, such as Chile, where desertification affects more than 60%
of the territory and produces palpable drops in agricultural production. If
that trend continues and there is no Naturalizer to help the situation, Chile
is heading to be a desert. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A Kind Of Little Awareness <o:p></o:p></div>
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We’re truly astonished by the little awareness of these
natural disasters. Instead of being in the first or second place of political
and civic attention, the issue of the natural disaster is marginalized. This shows
that we still suffer from many political limitations.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In several countries, the confluence between the natural
disasters or alteration of the water cycle and watersheds, the loss of forests
or another native flora and the advance of climate change generates enormous
ecological disasters. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There are areas that go through recurrent droughts and
others suffer from unforeseen floods. These and other effects hit mainly
peasants and indigenous people. There must be a kind of Naturalizer to assist
such ugly circumstances, even in this modern 21 century<o:p></o:p></div>
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In some affected spot there are just fewer resources in
capital or Naturalizer to deal with those natural disasters exploitation
impacts and, therefore, when they are hit, they contribute even more to leaving
them in a situation of poverty or vulnerability. It is because of these
perverse links between different types of environmental deterioration that I
believe that peasants and family farmers are in much more risky conditions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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To make matters worse, to further complicate the situation,
governments have appealed to reduce environmental controls. The measures are
added to cut the mechanisms of information and environmental participation,
they want to lighten the environmental impact assessments or even to exonerate
different works of that requirement and the locals' organizations are
persecuted. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The myth is fostered that environmental controls impede
development and flexibilities of all kinds are imposed. Then, the state of the
environment deteriorates and, at the same time, our citizen tools to face
everything that is increasingly limited, and the State, far from strengthening
itself in protecting the common good, shrinks even more.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What Are The Consequences Of This Natural Resources
Situation For Families, Organizations?<o:p></o:p></div>
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The situation of small farmers, especially those who
practice Agroecology, is still very delicate. In all countries, whether under
conservative or progressive presidencies, the recent economic booms were not
used. There were many times when these states had a lot of money from the
natural resources and did not use it to promote a more democratic, less
polluting, more sovereign agricultural conversion. <o:p></o:p></div>
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On the other hand, a large part of the state funds from
natural resources were going to promote more mining and oil extractivism, and
the proportionally less that was devoted to agriculture ended up promoting
monocultures and Agro exports.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hardly supported the organic production, many
agro-ecological experiences have managed to survive in spite of everything, and
even some have proliferated. But almost always it has been by the push of the
own agriculturists, by alliances with groups of responsible consumers, or
because they found some niche of the exporting market. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The State did not actually support the recovery of
traditional knowledge or the generation of new scientific information or even technological
applications for Agroecology. On the contrary, most of the work in science and
technology that is devoted to further promoting transgenic varieties, as
happened in the Southern Cone countries.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Increasing Levels Of Water Consumption<o:p></o:p></div>
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The problem includes very high and increasing levels of
water consumption per capita; high levels of inefficiency in its use; very low
percentage of wastewater treatment; a very small percentage of reuse and severely
contaminated water bodies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Soil and waste is another priority area from the point of
view of environmental policy. Particularly severe are the following problems:<o:p></o:p></div>
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and the flow of hazardous waste.</span><br />
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Biodiversity is yet another major problem that has to do
with the loss of vegetation cover (forests, primarily) at very fast rates, as
well as with the deterioration of many of the ecosystems and their flora
species because of the exploitation of our natural resources out there.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Air Problems in air quality are faced in a high number of
urban and industrial areas. Sometimes there are impacts on health. Management
capacity in this area, however, has been improving in recent years, mainly with
respect to the emissions reduction of large generators, verification, and
monitoring in terms of fixed sources.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Renewable Energy And Energy Efficiency<o:p></o:p></div>
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The growing demand for energy and the limitations of the
current installed capacity to supply it, as well as the need to diversify
sources of energy supply, make renewable energies and energy efficiency two
very important items for the coming years, On the other hand, they offer a high
potential for development.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Risk, Noise, And Vibrations From The Exploitation Of Natural
Resources<o:p></o:p></div>
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The environmental natural disasters and the need to prevent
impacts on health and ecosystems are becoming more important. It is associated,
however, primarily with high-risk economic activities.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Change and sustainable use of natural resources<o:p></o:p></div>
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There must be a change in production, many of the items that
are made of metals today can also be made from plastics, e.g., car bodies. If
less oil is consumed in the course of the energy transition, there is still a
loophole for a while, because this saved oil can be used to produce plastics.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Finally, some of the natural resources such as the world's
oil reserves are coming to an end. Saudi Arabia that has become infinitely
rich with their oil, have long since realized that the natural resources wealth
of their dominion is over and are now investing in forward-looking industries!
Every other nation must begin to look the other way like Saudi Arabia and also
improve the sustainability of these natural resources.<o:p></o:p></div>
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