Plastic articles contain various kinds of toxic substances like lead and . These substances can seriously endanger the health of children, as they can be accumulated in the blood and cell tissues inside the human body to affect the normal metabolism. What’s more, the toxic substances can affect the intelligent development and the endocrine system. The harms caused by lead and bisphenol A will be explained as follows. 

As a kind of catalytic agent, lead can be used to accelerate the production of plastic articles. When people buy the plastic articles, they must be careful to check the compositions of the article. It is difficult for people to check whether the article contains lead or not from the appearance of the article. According to the experts, the long-term absorption of lead can cause serious results among children. For example, the slow growth and the brain damage can be caused. If pregnant women absorb too much lead during the pregnancy, the fetuses can also be endangered by the lead through placenta. In order to prevent the harms caused by lead, people should form good life habits in everyday life. For example, they should not put plastic suction tubes in acidic drinks for a long time, or the toxic substances like lead contained in suction tubes can be released to mix with the drinks. People should also eat the foods containing vitamins to remove the lead from the human bodies. These foods mainly include red date, kelp, vegetables and carrot. Many natural foods have the ability of defusing the toxins of lead. For example, the protein contained in milk can be integrated with lead to produce insoluble substances, and the calcium contained in milk can restrain the absorption of lead.

Bisphenol A can be used to produce polycarbonate plastic material which is a main composition of producing sport bottles, feeding bottles and table wares. Bisphenol A is a kind of chemical substance with toxicity. It can affect the normal level of hormones and change the genes inside the human body. The development of brain and memory can also be affected by bisphenol A. People should not put the water with a high temperature in the bottles containing bisphenol A, as the toxic substance can be released to be absorbed by the human body.

In short, people must be rather careful to choose suitable plastic articles for use, or the physical health of the human body can be seriously threatened by the toxic substances contained in these articles.