This document discusses the consequences of not using green products and instead using non-green products. It notes that while no product can be completely green, reducing environmental impact is important. Non-green products can negatively impact human health through issues like poisoning, cancer, and respiratory problems from chemicals. They can also harm the environment through water pollution, toxicity, and ozone depletion. Recent research highlights the impacts of plastic water bottles, which are a major source of plastic pollution. Plastic bottles contain BPA, which is hazardous to humans and animals. The document encourages reducing, reusing, and recycling plastic products to lessen these consequences.

1. Consequences in not using
Green Products
Assignment by
Selvaprakash.R
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Dr.N.G.P IT

2. Identifying the problem
Green products:
The term “Green” or “sustainable” often refers to products,
services, or practices that allow for economic development
while conserving for future generations. I preserve to describe
a green product as one of that has less of an environmental
impact or is less detrimental to human health than the non-
green products equivalent. While on the topic of defining a
green product, you must realize that almost no product will
ever be 100% green, since all product development will ever
have some impact on the surrounding environment. It all
comes down to decrease of impact and trading off between
impacts.

3. Green products are…
 To understand trade-offs we should realize that there are select
attributes that describe green products and services; I list them
below to help you further understand what a green product truly
is
 Energy efficient, durable and often have low maintenance
requirements
 Free of Ozone depleting chemicals, toxic compounds and don’t
produce toxic by products.
 Often made of recycled materials or content or from renewable
and sustainable sources
 Obtained from local manufactures or resources.
 Biodegradable or easily reduced either in part or as a whole.

4. Health and safety effects of
non-green products
Health impacts from non-green products affect both product users
and building occupants.
Detailed health and safety side effects associated with a specific
chemicals because of using non-green products can be found below
Blindness:
Eye contact with certain chemicals can lead to blindness or reduced
eye functioning
Poisoning:
Certain chemicals are toxic to humans. When they are absorbed by
the body, they poison or contaminate human organs, leading to a
range of health problems, including temporary illness, long term
injury, or death.

5. Headaches:
Headaches can result from a number of exposures to cleaning
chemicals, including inhalation.
Cancer:
Substances that cause cancer, known as carcinogens, are found in
solid, liquid and gaseous form, and several are ingredients in non-
green products.
Respiratory ailments:
Chemicals in products and the vapors they emit can cause respiratory
ailments such as allergies, asthma, reduced lung capacity, and injury
to internal organs when absorbed by the bloodstream
Kidney and liver damage:
Several substances cause irreversible damage to the kidneys and liver
as the body tries to detoxify itself after exposure
(there are many problems like central nervous system disorders, skin
irritations etc..)

6. Environmental impacts of non-green
products
Not only do many tradition products affect human health and safety,
but many also contain ingredients that are harmful to the
environment. A number of environmental impacts including effects
on fish, birds, other wildlife, and ecosystems- can result from these
products.
The following are some of the environmental impacts associated with
non-green products
Bioaccumulation:
It refers to increase in concentration of toxic substances in living
organisms. The toxins accumulate because contaminated air, water
or food, are consumed faster than the toxins can be metabolized and
excreted.

7. Toxicity:
It describes the degree to which a substance or mixture of
substances can harm humans are animals.
Endocrine disruption:
Can cause hormonal imbalance in wildlife which may result in a
failure to reproduce effectively.
Water pollution:
It results from the contamination of water through direct sources
(factories) indirect sources (pesticide runoff). Chemical factories and
improper storage and disposal of cleaning products can contribute to
water pollution.
Ozone depletion:
It refers to the destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer, which
shields the earth from harmful amounts of ultraviolet radiation.
Ozone depletion is caused by the breakdown of certain chlorine-
and/ or bromine containing compounds (chlorofluorocarbons , or

8. CFCS, and halons) When they reach the stratosphere and quickly
destroy ozone molecules.
Air pollution:
Some cleaning products contain volatile
organic compounds(VOCs) that can escape
during product use. VOCs have been linked
to smog formation, which pollutes the air
and causes a number of respiratory and
other health problems.

9. Recent research in America
You may have read what’s bad about plastic bags and decided to reduce
the amount of disposables you consume, and that’s a great direction to
be heading in. But there’s another problem in the plastic-trash minefield
that needs tackling in the U.S., 1500 plastic water bottles are consumed
every second.
Impacts on using plastics:
The Human Impact:
 Plastic bottles contain Bisphenol A(BPA), the chemical used to make
the plastic hard and clear. BPA is an endocrine disruptor which has
been proven to be hazardous to human health.it has been strongly
linked to the host of healthy problems including certain types of
cancer, neurological difficulties, reducing fertility in women, and
defects in new born babies.
 A study conducted last year found that 96% of women in the U.S
have BPA in their bodies.

10. The Animal impact:
 Plastic bottle tops are currently not recyclable, and as with plastic
bags they often end up at the bottom of the ocean, and in the
stomachs of a variety of animal spices that
mistake them for food. One albatross that
was recently found dead on a Hawaiian
island had a stomach full of 119 bottle caps.
 Marine life falls prey to this problem on a daily basis. A sperm
whale was found dead on a North American beach recently with a
plastic gallon bottle which had gummed up small intestine. The
animal’s body was full of plastic material including other plastic
bottles, bottle caps and plastic bags.

11. Kids and pets impact:
If u have pets at home, especially dog or cat
which are naturally curious and would sniff
and lick your carpet or floor, using plastic
products will definitely harm the pets.
Similarly he toys used by kids contains
Minimum percentage of toxic contents
such as ammonia that cause serious harm
to your pets and kids in case they come in
contact with these products.

12. The environmental impact:
Plastic product are made from a petroleum product known as
polyethylene terephthalate(PET), and they require huge
amounts of fossil fuels to both make and transport them. In the
1070s the U.S. was the world’s largest exporter of oil, but now it
is the largest importer. If u fill a plastic bottle with liquid so that
it is 25% full, that’s roughly how much oil it took to make the
bottle. For a single use disposable item.
It’s hard to recycle plastic bottles than you think. Of the mass
numbers of plastic bottles consumed throughout the world,
most of the are not recycled
Because only certain types of plastic bottles can be recycled by
certain municipalities. They either end up lying stagnant in
landfills, leaching dangerous chemicals in the ground, or they
infiltrate our streets as litter. They are found on sidewalks, parks,
yards, rivers etc…and even if they are chopped in to tiny pieces
they still take more than a human lifetime to decompose.

13. What can we do about it?
REDUCE
Avoid the need for bottled drinks altogether. You can
save resources by drinking from glass or water fountains
whenever possible when you are out.
Do the research, don’t fall for advertising that tells you
the bottled water is purer or safer than tap. If you are
concerned about your tap water you can obtain a water
quickly report for your area and buy a water filter if
necessary.
REUSE
Invest in a BPA-free reusable bottle. Carry a refillable,
BPA-free bottle when you are on the go, and refill it
when the options arises. This guide looks at some of the
options on the market.

14. RECYCLE
Efficiently. Work out which plastics your municipality
recycles and sort them accordingly.
But above all, REDUCE. Think of the Whales and
albatrosses and buy fewer plastic products in general,
particularly when you know that you are unable to
recycle them. It will probably have a much larger and
positive impact than you think.

15. Thank you