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Day 2 of #PlasticsTreaty talks in Geneva.
The good news? Many countries are stepping up. The bad? Blockers are still running the same tired playbook. What does that mean for the treaty?
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August 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Plastic is often seen as a cheap material but scientists in The Lancet argue it is expensive when including damage to health

One estimate of the health damage from just three plastic chemicals – PBDE, BPA and DEHP – in 38 countries was $1.5tn a year.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns
Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM