Global Plastic Crisis Threatens Health and Economy, Urges Urgent Action
TL;DR
A report in The Lancet warns that plastic pollution causes significant health issues across all ages, costing at least $1.5 trillion annually, and calls for an international treaty to address the crisis, highlighting the link between plastic and climate change.
Topics:worldenvironment#climate-crisis#environment#global-treaty#health-impacts#microplastics#plastic-pollution
- Plastic causing "disease and death from infancy to old age" that costs $1.5 trillion a year, report warns CBS News
- World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns The Guardian
- Plastic crisis highlighted by Lancet ahead of Global Plastics Treaty NBC News
- Plastics a ‘grave’ danger to health, scientists warn before UN talks Financial Times
- A Treaty to Cut Plastic Pollution Is Set for Yet Another Round of Debate The Wall Street Journal
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