Chemicals in everyday plastics may disrupt the body’s natural 24-hour sleep-wake cycle and circadian rhythm in a way similar to coffee, which increases the risk of sleep disorders, diabetes, immune problems and cancer, new in vitro research shows.
The study looked at chemicals extracted from a PVC medical feeding tube and a polyurethane hydration pouch, like those used by long-distance runners. PVC and polyurethanes are also used in everything from kids toys to food packaging to furniture.
The findings showed for the first time how plastic chemicals probably wreak havoc on cell signals that regulate the body’s internal clock, throwing it off by up to 17 minutes.
“We don’t know the significance of it and you could say, ‘Oh it’s just 15 minutes so it’s not a big deal’, but it’s such a tightly controlled clock that it’s a significant shift,” he (Martin Wagner, a study co-author and plastic chemical researcher with the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology) added.
I did write an entire college textbook about statistics, so yes! I know what an outlier is.
From a very kind place in my heart, I am going to encourage you to seek therapy because the points you are making are deeply rooted in emotions, and are highly subjective based on your thoughts-- that is, your points are not facts, but merely your own opinions.
No shame in therapy! I enjoy my own time in therapy and I found it very helpful in helping me challenge my own perspectives to a healthier place.
All you have to do is look at the state of the world right now. Yes, there are people working to stop the spread of fascism, but they’re vastly outnumbered. I mean, Trump didn’t hide the pain he wanted to cause, and 2/3 of the country were fine with it because they thought he would be hurting someone else. I mean, basically the entire USA was built on the backs of immigrants who were horribly abused. Shit, we’re about to have a ton of people starve because our slave labor force is being deported. And most product the US consumes has slavery involved in some step of the process.
Most of human history is full of war, slavery, and misery of the masses, often in the name of religion. Sure, there have been societies who strived to be altruistic, but they all fall or are corrupted. And not even the Native Americans were free from this. There were definitely war tribes that practiced slavery and even cannibalism.
Unless we find a way to eradicate Type B personality disorders, horrible people will keep gaining power and convincing the masses to let them commit atrocities. Because one of the major issues with humans is that we want someone else to take the responsibility of making decisions so the consequences aren’t on us.
Both capitalism and communism are great theories on paper, but it’s humans that pervert those systems for personal gain. We eventually corrupt anything we touch.
And I’m in therapy, but I just don’t look at humanity through rose colored glasses. I think since the western world doesn’t have to look these things in the face we forget about them.