Today's Articles (4/8/2025)
World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns
“They [impact of plastic pollution] result in huge economic costs to society. It is incumbent on us to act in response.”
Plastic is often seen as a cheap material but the scientists argue it is expensive when the cost of health damages are included. One estimate of the health damage from just three plastic chemicals – PBDE, BPA and DEHP – in 38 countries was $1.5tn a year.
They say, ‘It happened so long ago. Get over it.’
“Yes, let’s get over it. Just tell it right. Tell it truthfully first. You can’t get over something if you don’t even know what happened.”