Confetti? No thank you! In fact, not everyone knows that now even the most classic of carnival symbols contains plastic.
It is the alarm launched by the experts of the Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA), which address an appeal to the mayors of all of Italy, which warn precisely from the confetti, a danger now accepted for the environment. So much so that they address an appeal to the mayors of all of Italy.
If until a few years ago the symbols of the carnival, i.e. confetti and streams and were made only in paper, material that decomposes quite quickly, in fact, today these products are increasingly made with highly polluting plastic materials.
A real madness dictated simply by a marketing fact. And how could it be otherwise? That plastic introduced, in fact, is to make the appearance of coriander and streams streams more and more attractive for consumers, resorting to metallic or phosphorescent colors or even glitter covers.
All decorations and colors that are obtained through the use of microplastics which, after the celebration period, They remain in the environment and can also take 600 years to decompose completely.
The risk is not only environmental but also health: it is well known that microplastics And nanoplastics They pollute sea, water, land and air and enter our body through the foods we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe, putting the arteries at risk with consequent greater risk of heart attack or stroke, and causing damage to the bones, endocrine, respiratory, nervous, as well as reproductive system.
It is estimated that every year 11 million tons of plastic enter the ocean, almost 230 thousand tons only in the Mediterranean Sea – says President Sima, Alessandro Miani. For this, on the occasion of the Carnival, we revolve a Appeal to the mayors from all over Italy so that ordinances issuedas done by the Municipality of Veniceaimed at prohibiting the use of plastic coriander and stars in the area: it will thus be possible to significantly reduce the production of plastic waste that represent a danger for our environment and for human health.
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