Comments on: Scientists Discover How to Grow Plastic on Trees http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/27/scientists-discover-how-to-grow-plastic-on-trees/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:34:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Srynhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/27/scientists-discover-how-to-grow-plastic-on-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-194767 Sryn Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:01:41 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=30502#comment-194767 Picture is fromhttp://tineye.com/search/20022abbb8479067c385f35f74f6d4c7185db55b Picture is from

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]]> By: beavhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/27/scientists-discover-how-to-grow-plastic-on-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-145803 beav Thu, 28 May 2009 13:56:36 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=30502#comment-145803 despite the clamor about bisphenol, i thought it was GRAS. could you provide links to these claims? the only reason that i'd like to see bisphenol under control is its ubiquity, with limited known ways for degradation to occur.and with regard to hemp, you couldn't smoke enough to make a dent in industrial consumption (were it encouraged). that story sounds apocryphal. despite the clamor about bisphenol, i thought it was GRAS. could you provide links to these claims? the only reason that i’d like to see bisphenol under control is its ubiquity, with limited known ways for degradation to occur.

and with regard to hemp, you couldn’t smoke enough to make a dent in industrial consumption (were it encouraged). that story sounds apocryphal.

]]> By: FilipeFreitashttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/27/scientists-discover-how-to-grow-plastic-on-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-145657 FilipeFreitas Wed, 27 May 2009 22:53:37 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=30502#comment-145657 Where's that picture from? Where’s that picture from?

]]> By: masterwynhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/27/scientists-discover-how-to-grow-plastic-on-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-145654 masterwyn Wed, 27 May 2009 22:22:28 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=30502#comment-145654 This is not new. Methods for producing plastic from hemp cellulose have been around for 100 years. In fact, Henry Ford used hemp based plastics in the first Model T vehicles. This is why certain industrial giants banded together to demonize smoked hemp in order make it illegal and remove the competition. http://www.hempplastic.com/newSite/index.htm This is not new. Methods for producing plastic from hemp cellulose have been around for 100 years. In fact, Henry Ford used hemp based plastics in the first Model T vehicles. This is why certain industrial giants banded together to demonize smoked hemp in order make it illegal and remove the competition. http://www.hempplastic.com/newSite/index.htm

]]> By: masterwynhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/27/scientists-discover-how-to-grow-plastic-on-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-145651 masterwyn Wed, 27 May 2009 21:57:58 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=30502#comment-145651 Hemp based plastics where first used a hundred years ago by Henry Ford in his Model T cars. This, among several other industrial usages, is what lead to the campaign to demonized smoked hemp in order for various petrol interests to corner the market on plastics. http://www.hempplastic.com/newSite/index.htm Hemp based plastics where first used a hundred years ago by Henry Ford in his Model T cars. This, among several other industrial usages, is what lead to the campaign to demonized smoked hemp in order for various petrol interests to corner the market on plastics. http://www.hempplastic.com/newSite/index.htm

]]> By: elizahleighhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/27/scientists-discover-how-to-grow-plastic-on-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-145621 elizahleigh Wed, 27 May 2009 19:15:08 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=30502#comment-145621 I always thought that corn-based plastics were a huge step for the environment and then I saw this video and realized what a tremendously negative impact the corn industry really has on our entire ecosystem: http://tinyurl.com/omabo9Of course, we all know by now that conventional plastics are up to no good. The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) study recently had volunteers drink from plastic bottles for one week straight and their urine tests showed bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations up 69 percent. They were that high, even though no hot liquids were consumed from the bottles, nor were the bottles heated. (Bear in mind that leaching of BPA is predicted to be even higher when heat is present.) BPA has already been linked to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and is now thought to be a factor in breast cancer, compromised reproductive health, and responsible for multiple developmental issues in infants and children.Soooo, plant-based plastics are presumably a far better option...I just hope that scientists figure out how to do it with weeds!! I always thought that corn-based plastics were a huge step for the environment and then I saw this video and realized what a tremendously negative impact the corn industry really has on our entire ecosystem: http://tinyurl.com/omabo9

Of course, we all know by now that conventional plastics are up to no good. The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) study recently had volunteers drink from plastic bottles for one week straight and their urine tests showed bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations up 69 percent. They were that high, even though no hot liquids were consumed from the bottles, nor were the bottles heated. (Bear in mind that leaching of BPA is predicted to be even higher when heat is present.) BPA has already been linked to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and is now thought to be a factor in breast cancer, compromised reproductive health, and responsible for multiple developmental issues in infants and children.

Soooo, plant-based plastics are presumably a far better option…I just hope that scientists figure out how to do it with weeds!!

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