The risks of reusing the polymeric materials on the human’s health

Ahmed, Luma M.; Hussein, Falah H.

	The risks of reusing the polymeric materials on the human’s health
Al-Zahraa Journal for Health and Medical Sciences
Volume 3, Issue 1, March 2025, Pages 25-35 PDF (1.3 M)
Document Type: Research Article
Authors
Luma M. Ahmed^* ¹; Falah H. Hussein²
¹Al-Zahraa Center for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research Sciences (ZCMRS), Al-Zahraa University for Women, Karbala, Iraq
²Chemistry Department, College of pharmacy, University of Babylon, 51002 Hilla, Iraq
Abstract
The code on plastic water bottles and food container’s items appears as a triangle with a number between 1 and 7. The understanding of the seven plastic codes is very important for the people to decide the reusing plastic and food containers to know which plastics can be recycled. This study is aimed to investigate the level of people’s education toward this matter and to raise the awareness of the dangers of reusing plastic water bottles and food containers items as containers for storage of food and water. A questionnaire containing three different groups of questions was distributed for people working in chemistry field. The people are undergraduate student, postgraduate students and staff member. The results indicate that there is a lake of education about the dangers of reusing plastic water bottles and food container’s items. Only one staff member has an excellent knowledge about these concerns. This person specializes in organic chemistry and was studied polymer in his postgraduate study. The study is concluded helping to keep the people away from dangerous diseases. The numbers of the persons that shared in this questionnaire are 62 persons; this number was consisted of 35 males and 27 females.
Keywords
plastic's risks; plastic codes; reusing of plastic; plastic food containers; plastic water bottles; and plastic soft drink bottles

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