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Plastic Threatens Human Health at a Global Scale – New Report

Plastic requires a lifecycle approach.The narrow approaches to assessing and addressing plastic impacts to date are inadequate and inappropriate. Making informed decisions that … See more

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Breathing Plastic: The Health Impacts of Invisible Plastics in the Air

WebAs the world’s understanding of the plastics crisis grows, new facets of the problem emerge and reveal impacts on human health and the environment.

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Plastic and Human Health: A Lifecycle Approach to Plastic …

WebReports. Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet (February 2019) Progress on Plastics: Ongoing Updates; Toward a New Global Convention with a Multi-Layered …

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Plastic & Health

WebResearch into the human health impacts of plastic to date have focused narrowly on specific moments in the plastic lifecycle, from wellhead to refinery, from store shelves to human …

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Plastic is a global health crisis, and it requires global solutions

WebThis blog post was originally posted by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. There is a global health crisis hiding in plain sight. It’s being transported along our roadways and released …

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Paving the Way to a Toxic-Free Planet: The New Global Framework …

WebPublished January 31, 2024. By Giulia Carlini, Manager and Senior Attorney in CIEL’s Environmental Health program, David Azoulay, Director of the Environmental Health …

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e xe C u T ive s ummary Plastic & Health

WebPlasTiC & healTh • tHE HiddEn coStS of A PLAStic PLAnEt 3 Extraction and Transport 99% of plastic comes from fossil fuels. The extraction of oil and gas, particularly hydraulic …

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Plastic & Climate: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet

WebThe plastic pollution crisis that overwhelms our oceans is also a significant and growing threat to the Earth’s climate. At current levels, greenhouse gas emissions from the plastic …

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Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet (February …

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Stopping Plastic Pollution

WebAt the third session of the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) in December 2017, countries joined together to pass a resolution on marine litter and microplastics. …

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exeCuTive summary Plastic & Health

WebPlasTiC & healTh • tHE HiddEn coStS of A PLAStic PLAnEt 3 Extraction and Transport 99% of plastic comes from fossil fuels. The extraction of oil and gas, particularly hydraulic …

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Programs Center for International Environmental Law

WebCIEL’s Environmental Health program is deeply engaged in the fight to improve the regulation of toxic chemicals around the world and to prevent actions that will undermine …

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Plastic & Climate: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet

WebIf plastic production and use grow as currently planned, by 2030, these emissions could reach 1.34 gigatons per year—equivalent to the emissions released by more than 295 …

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Formosa Plastics Group: A Serial Offender of Environmental and …

WebRead the full report. The world is in the midst of a perilous plastics and petrochemicals boom that is both disastrous from a health and environmental perspective and foolish from a …

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Carbon Capture and Storage

WebCarbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) are processes designed to collect or “capture” carbon dioxide generated …

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Human Rights Impacts of E-Waste

WebA study conducted by Chang and Hong (2013) in several e-waste recycling sites in China showed that open burning of e-wastes and acid leaching activities result to increased …

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