Plastics and human health: What’s at stake in the global treaty talks in Geneva
Plastics are everywhere—they’re even in you right now—and are making many of us sick. Now, global negotiators are fighting over whether that matters.
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Plastics are everywhere—they’re even in you right now—and are making many of us sick. Now, global negotiators are fighting over whether that matters.
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