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Explain how plastic can be both beneficial and detrimental at the same time.

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It effects animal environments negatively when the waste is not controlled and I don’t think there’s much positive things lol
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Some benefits of plastic are that plastic packaging helps protect and preserve goods, while reducing weight in transportation, which saves fuel, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and are low in cost.

Some disadvantages are that toxic chemicals can leach out of plastic and can be found in the blood and tissue of nearly all of us. Exposure to them is linked to cancers, birth defects, impaired immunity, endocrine disruption and other ailments

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