Plastic products break down into micro particles over a period of time through photo-degradation, oxidation and mechanical abrasion of the product¹. The additives used in the manufacture of plastics, such as stabilisers, softeners, fire resistors and co-polymers, are known to leach out of the product because of the property called porosity and during the physical break down of the plastic product.

These two properties make plastics a contaminator of organisms, including the human body. All plastics may not be an immediate toxic threat to humans beings, but in the long run, they are.

Here is a list of evidence based health risks of plastics products and their additives, listed in the order of latest research first (the dates in brackets tell when these findings of these studies were published).

• This study, published on Sept 2023, suggests that "the use of plastic and personal hygiene products may be associated with increased body weight" in their cohort group, largely due to the toxicity of plastics.
• This study, published on Jun 2023, found that BPA "promotes the proliferation, migration and invasion of ovarian cancer cells".
• This study, published on Jan 15, 2023, found that BPA causes liver disease in medaka offspring.
• This study, published on Sept 10, 2022, found that "parental exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics may attribute cancer-related biological processes in the next generation", causing "significant malformations, decreased survival rate, increased heart rate and blood flow rate, as well as decreased eye size, height and locomotor activity, which were attributed to growth retardation in the offspring."
• This study, published on Oct 15, 2022, found that BPA causes bone malfunction in Zebrafish offspring.
• This study, published on Sept 1, 2021, found that BPA causes an increased risk of preterm birth and decreased gestational age among women.
• This study, published on Aug 1, 2009, found that the additive nonylphenol, could cause malfunctioning of hormones (endocrine disruption) and malfunctioning of your genes (epigenetic disruption).
• This study, published on Nov 2007, found that the additive phthalaetes could cause malfunctioning of hormones (endocrine disruption) and malfunctioning of your genes (epigenetic disruption).
• This study, published on Jul 25, 2006, found that BPA alters the male and female genital tract and mammary glands and cause reduced fertility and mammary and prostate cancer.
• This study, published on Jun 1, 2006, found that the additive BPA could cause malfunctioning of hormones (endocrine disruption) and malfunctioning of your genes (epigenetic disruption).