Now there's a use of plastic inner-tubes to carry humans along in some water or another...at least not single use plastic, and lots of fun I'm sure!
My personal dismay is that so many of my medical needs are met with plastic devices, often engineered to be used only a few times. I manage to wash my nebulizer inhalers, as well as my CPAP headgear and hoses...in warm soapy water or vinegar water. But I do admit I hate taking the time to do so. But if I don't, I know creepy mold will find a nice damp warm place to live in them. That results in more lung problems...and I go up and down with them. So I fight against mold as well as single-use plastics!
Next job is to take the rest of the houseplants outside (thus removing another source of mold) and repot them. First have to deal with our heavy pollen which has my eyes all swollen and tearless. Dry eyes are no fun! I'm already wearing protective sunglasses that wrap around my face. Going to eye doc again today because of this. I've been using the drops she recommended, without relief. That happens.
So I hope you have a great day, Tuesday, May 23, 2023.
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Barbara, Plastics and their recycling or lack there of plus micro plastics are a huge problem that needs to be resolved. I never even thought about medical plastics though. Thinking about it, I have several items around the house that I used after recovery from various medical issues. The good news is that I kept them and have at least been able to reuse some items. Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
ReplyDeleteI wonder what would happen if somehow all the plastics in our lives had to be replaced by something else. This interesting conjecture would mean I'm sitting here typing on the little metal connectors, if indeed the rest of the laptop didn't disolve along with the keys.
Delete...I had blood drawn this morning, they used a lot of plastic.
ReplyDeleteYes. Our civilization has been blamed on the industrial revolution back in the 1800's for all our polution, but this plastic revolution is definitely pretty heavy on blame too.
DeleteIt is awful, the use of plastics.
ReplyDeleteSo today I'm thinking about what we'd do if there were no more plastic. Replace with metal, glass, ceramic, wood, rock, fiber, the possibilities are endless, but not very good.
DeleteThis is a big problem.
ReplyDeleteSome plastics have become part of our lives that we couldn't live without them.
DeletePlastic seem to always be around. I have a dry eye problem, the pollen only makes it worse.
ReplyDeleteTake care, enjoy your day!
I got some new drops to lubricate, to add to the ones for allergies. Feeling much better!
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