Global Efforts Intensify to Address the Rising Health and Environmental Crisis of Plastic Pollution
TL;DR
A report warns that plastic pollution causes at least $1.5 trillion in health-related costs annually, with microplastics posing unknown health risks, and calls for a global treaty to address the crisis, linking it to the climate emergency.
Topics:worldenvironment#climate-crisis#environment#health-costs#international-treaty#microplastics#plastic-pollution
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