Global Plastics Talks Set to Resume Next Month Must Prioritize Environment and Health, Experts Say - Inside Climate News

Global Plastics Talks Set to Resume Next Month Must Prioritize Environment and Health, Experts Say - Inside Climate News

Plastics and their toxic chemicals endanger people, wildlife and the environment throughout their life cycle, they warn, calling for production caps in the U.N. treaty.

Health experts’ 8 recommendations for the UN Plastics Treaty

Global Plastics Talks Set to Resume Next Month Must Prioritize Environment and Health, Experts Say

Plastics and their toxic chemicals endanger people, wildlife and the environment throughout their life cycle, they warn, calling for production caps in the U.N. treaty. By Liza Gross No place on Earth is safe from plastic pollution. Plastic garbage and tiny shards of these long-lived petroleum-based polymers taint the highest Himalayan mountains, deepest ocean trenches, outermost Antarctic field stations and hidden recesses of the human body.

Health Experts Call on Plastics Treaty Delegates to Protect Children and Families from Toxic Plastic Chemicals

An editorial published today in the World Health Organization (WHO) Bulletin co-authored by IPEN with leading health experts underscores threats to human health from chemicals in plastics, including PFAS ‘forever chemicals,’ bisphenols, phthalates, and many other hazardous substances. Exposure to these endocrine disrupting chemicals in plastics can interfere with our bodies’ natural hormone systems and increase the risk of numerous chronic disea…