The long-term health impact of pervasive chemicals like those found in plastics is uncertain, as they may accumulate or interact with other substances to cause detrimental effects over decades.

“A very difficult question. I mean you could ask the same question about any chemical that we invent and we put into food or we get exposed to right the you know the plastic we you know we drink out of cups hot stuff out of a cup that is coated with plastic and you know we're full of plastic. How is that going to change our lifespan? It hasn't in a in a measurable way so far, right? But we don't know what's going to happen in 20 30 years or if people you know synthesize a compound that is detrimental that it doesn't look detrimental.”