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‘Plastic People’ Review: An Essential Documentary About How Plastic Is Literally Invading Us All
We've long know that plastic is bad for the environment. "Plastic People" documents what it's doing to our bodies.
It has been documented that the plastic particles we inhale, or imbibe, can foment diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, and the film presents powerful evidence that it’s a major contributor to rising infertility levels. The plastic companies we know today — Dow, Mobil, Dupont — had teams of industrial chemists coming up with materials for which there was no immediate need or demand (with the notable exception of nylons, which everyone wanted because they could mimic silk stockings, which were too expensive). The film gives us plenty of cleverly edited archival footage of the Atomic Age, showing us how in the postwar era plastics went into shoes, fabrics (dacron, orlon), appliances, vinyl records, Naugahyde furniture, and cars.
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