Medicines nowadays including, tablets, capsules, powder, lotions, cream, ointment, liquid or syrup are now packed in plastic container discarding old days practice of packing them in glass vials, bottles. Nowadays even IV fluid, injections, capsules are packed in a plastic container. Last year, a government study detected toxic materials, including lead, in plastic bottles of cough syrups and other liquid medicines. The negative, harmful effects of plastic packaging, be it bottles or packets, has often been emphasised due to its carcinogenic nature.
Accumulation of plastic waste has always been discouraged due to its debilitating impact on the environment and in turn on human health. Be that as it may, medicines and drugs are given or sold to consumers often come in plastic bottles. This packaging of medicines and drugs has fallen under the radar of the government and they have asked…
