Why do I say #plasticpoisoning and #PoisoningForProfit?

Perhaps because: "This year, various researchers found microplastics in every sample of placenta they tested; in human arteries, where plastics are linked to heart attacks and strokes; in human testes and semen, adding to evidence of the ubiquity of plastics and concern over health risks. The plastics crisis is widely recognised as a threat to human health, biodiversity and the climate."

And because: https://mstdn.social/@primonatura/113538524870622090

Primo Natura (@[email protected])

"Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’" #Plastic #Plastics #Environment https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/20/five-firms-in-plastic-pollution-alliance-made-1000-times-more-waste-than-they-saved-analysis-shows

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"...the split that had developed between plastic-producing countries and others." #ShockedShockedToFInd that those adversely impacted have a different opitinion than those making money by creating the problem.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/24/world-unable-cope-10-years-talks-un-global-treaty-to-end-plastic-waste?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#plasticpollution #plasticpoisoning #PoisoningForProfit

World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert

Countries must curb production now and tackle plastic’s full life cycle, says Norwegian minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim ahead of key UN talks this week

The Guardian