A few years ago, it seems a strong shift was made from plastic water bottles to aluminum. The big scare, whether or not justified, was that there may be cancer-causing agents in some plastics. It’s not hard to think of other interactions people have in daily life with plastic items, and not all bad. Author Susan Freinkel wrote Plastic: A Toxic Love Story after evaluating her own dependencies on plastics, and researched the history, production, risks, and benefits. Freinkel’s discoveries are eye-opening. Even if one disagrees with some of her findings, the history behind the rapid growth in synthetic material use is enough to make anyone look at the world a little differently.
