Adverse health impacts linked to greenhouse gases, air pollutants and toxic chemicals emitted from the global plastics system could more than double by 2040, a study has found.
Modelling research, published in the Lancet Planetary Health on Monday, identified health harms linked to every stage of the plastics life cycle β from fossil fuels extraction and material production to their disposal and release into the environment.
These included respiratory illnesses, cancers, the health impacts of global warming and oth
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