USA Plastic Waste Pollute Indonesia, River Warrior Ask People of USA stop Eating Plastic

Thursday, March 25, 2021, 50 members of the river warrior came to the office of the American Consulate General in Surabaya using bicycles covering a distance of 25 km. They delivered a letter to Joe Biden to stop exporting waste to Indonesia

Priver warrior, a community of young women in Indonesia who are struggling to protect rivers from plastic pollution, asked the United States government to stop exporting plastic waste to Indonesia. River Warrior also reminded Americans to reduce their use of single-use plastics. besides being able to pollute the environment in other countries it also has health impacts for citizens of the United States.

Plastic waste from the USA flooded Indonesia Again, although it is classified as illegal, more and more trash from the United States has entered Indonesia.

“We invite the people of the United States to join #2021STOPEATINGPLASTIC” Said Sofi Azilan Aini, a River warrior activist, furthermore, a student of the faculty of public health at the University of NU Surabaya explained that We must stop the daily consumption of single-use plastics. “Not in a difficult way, we can start by reducing our body's exposure to single-use plastics from now on” Said Sofi Azilan Aini.

According to the results of research by American scientist Shanna H Swan in 2015 she found that the sperm concentration of citizens in western countries has continued to decline since 1985. “The estimate is that in 2045 men in western countries will have a concentration of 0 sperm in 10⁶ / ml of sperm.” Said Sofi. This is thought to occur due to various cases, such as genetic and environmental factors, environmental factors caused by exposure to harmful EDCS chemicals or hormone disrupting chemicals additives in the manufacture of plastics such as phthalates, bisphenols, pfas, and flame retardant pesticides or due to unhealthy lifestyle factors.

The chemicals that make up the plastic can cause various kinds of disorders in the hormonal system such as decreased sperm count, short anus to genitals distance, small penis and scrotrum size, reduced testosterone, and genital birth defects are examples of reproductive problems that occur in men, whereas what happens to women is low birth weight or premature babies, menstrual problems, the lining of the wall that grows outside the uterus or endometriosis, malfunctioning ovaries that cause infertility before the age of 40 years, early puberty, and miscarriage.

Not only that, there are other dangers that can be experienced by both sexes, such us infertility, sexuality, hormonal disorders, low sexual appetite, DNA damage in sperm, and failure of treatment. If we don't change our lifestyle to be disposable and healthier anti-plastic, surely we will avoid these hormonal disorders.