The cumulative bad effects of plastics are often overlooked.
This is serious not only because of long term and worsening permanent effects on the environment but also direct effects on human health. Failure to recycle plastics and the enthusiastic support of the fossil fuel industry are issues that need to be addressed.
The reason we have so many continuously updated references in the below articles covering many years is to show this has been going on for decades.
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2-Plastic-Pollution-and-the-Ecological-Impact-on-the-Aquatic-Ecosystem
3-Effects of Plastic Pollution
4-How Acidification, Overfishing and Plastics Threaten the World’s Oceans
5-Microplastic pollution, a threat to marine ecosystem and human health: a short review
6-Plastic & Planet: How plastic pollution is destroying the planet?
7-When the Mermaids Cry: The Great Plastic Tide
8-The migratory routes of plastic
9-The Effects of Plastic Pollution on Human Health
10-The Effects of Plastic Pollution on the Environment
11-What is the environmental impact of producing plastic?
13-Researchers find microplastics in Columbia River
14-Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists - Study calls for cap on production and release as pollution threatens global ecosystems upon which life depends
15-How the fossil fuel industry is pushing plastics on the world
16-Plastic is a climate, health and social justice issue - Achieving systems change requires confronting the entire system.
17-Plastic Is a Global Health Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
18-Reading up on plastics and climate change
20-Plastic leaching into farmer’s fields at alarming rate: new report
21-Exposure to environmental toxins may be root of rise in neurological disorders - Doctors warn exposure to omnipresent yet poorly understood chemicals such as microplastics could play a role in dementia
22-The Climate Impact of Our Insatiable Plastic Addiction
23-Scientists have discovered tiny bits of plastic in raindrops — here’s why that’s concerning
24-How companies greenwash their plastic pollution - 'Lightweighting' and using some recycled plastic isn't the answer to our mounting waste problem.
25-The world is creating more single-use plastic waste than ever, report finds
28-Plastics Cause Health Issues From Cancer To Birth Defects: Study
32-Where There’s Plastic, There’s Fire. Indiana Blaze Highlights Concerns Over Expanding Plastic Recycling - China’s ban on accepting most plastic waste may have led to a burning stockpile in eastern Indiana that sent black smoke billowing into the air—and local residents scrambling to safety.
34-The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change
37-Putting a Lid on Plastics Production in the Ohio River Valley - Residents are challenging industry’s petrochemicals push into the region, and Earthjustice’s legal strategy has helped them notch an early win.
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