Toxic Chemicals in Plastics Pose Global Health Risks, Poison the Circular Economy

A new report from IPEN outlines the importance of establishing a treaty to protect human health and the environment from toxic chemicals throughout the plastics lifecycle. As the report “An Introduction to Plastics and Toxic Chemicals” notes, “The health and environmental impacts of plastics are a global crisis… Plastics transport chemicals into every nook and cranny of the world – they bring toxic chemicals into our homes and ultimately into our bodies.”

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