Amasuntswana eplastiki afunyenwe egazini okokuqala

Uhlolisiso lwabantu baseBritani luye lwabonisa ukuba ama-77 ekhulwini akholelwa ukuba kufanele kwenziwe uphando olungakumbi ngokungxamisekileyo ukuze kufunyanwe umonakalo owenziwe yiplastiki kwimpilo yabantu.  

Olu phononongo oluvela kwiiLwandle eziQhelekileyo, lulandela isityhilelo samva nje esivela kwiphepha lezenzululwazi eligunyaziswe lishishini lentlalontle kwaye lipapashwe ngoMatshi, libonisa iiplastiki ezincinci zingene egazini malunga ne-8-in-10 yabantu efundwe. 

Iingcali zenzululwazi eziqhube olu phando kwi-Vrije Universiteit e-Amsterdam zixhalabile ukuba ubukho beplastiki bunamandla okwazisa kunye nokusingatha i-pathogens kunye neekhemikhali ezinobungozi emzimbeni. 

Ngenxa yale mpapasho, abantu abamalunga nama-60 ekhulwini baxhalabele oko ubukho bezi microplastic egazini lomntu buya kuyithetha kwimpilo yabo.  

Izityhilelo eziphuma kolu vavanyo zigxininisa inkxalabo yoluntu malunga nefuthe leplastiki kwimpilo yabantu ixhasa ngakumbi iPhulo lePlastiki yohlobo lweGazi lwe-Common Seas 'ibiza uRhulumente wase-UK ukuba azise i-£ 15 yezigidi ze-National Plastic Health Impact Research Fund.  

"Kwiveki ephelileyo sifumene uninzi lwethu luneplastiki egazini kwaye ukuvota kwethu kubonisa ukuba uluntu lufuna uphando olwenziwayo," kuchaza i-CEO ye-Common Seas uJo Royle. “Lo mmandla ubalulekileyo wophando awunankxaso-mali kakhulu.  

“Sinelungelo lokwazi ukuba yonke le plastiki iyenza ntoni emizimbeni yethu kwaye noluntu lufuna ukwazi ngakumbi. Ngemveliso yeplastiki esendleleni yokuphinda kabini kwiminyaka engama-20 ezayo umngcipheko kubemi behlabathi uza kunyuka. Imfuneko yophando olongezelelekileyo ingxamisekile. Ukuba urhulumente ebenokwabela i-15 yezigidi zeedola, i-0.1 yeepesenti kuphela yenkxaso-mali ye-R&D yase-UK, kuphando oluzinikeleyo kulo mbandela besiya kuba nokuqonda ngakumbi ukuba oku kuthetha ntoni kwimpilo yabantu.