海洋中的重金屬究竟是打哪兒來的?海洋污染是工廠非法排放的緣故嗎?一般民眾有責任嗎?陳孟仙老師嘆了口氣說,海中重金屬的濃度增加百分之百與人類的活動相關,只是尺度上,可能包含了地區性的及全球性的。舉例來說,鎘,其實是塑膠製程中的穩定劑,著名的鎘米事件,就是塑膠穩定劑公司非法排放廢水到灌溉渠道污染農田所致。台灣的日常生活使用大量塑膠,除了人們所熟知的雙酚 A 等環境賀爾蒙,其實無論在製程中、使用時或廢棄後,塑膠也有釋出鎘的隱憂。而另一種重金屬銀,則因為近年來奈米銀被廣泛用於抗菌,不但醫療院所會以奈米銀塗料粉刷牆壁地板,坊間甚至還有奈米銀洗衣機、奈米銀尿布等種種產品,導致大量的銀流入自然環境。
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