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"Plastic Crisis Needs Binding Treaty, Report Says" [1]

"Pollution from plastics is a global emergency in need of a robust UN treaty, according to a report.

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) says there's a cascade of evidence of harm from plastics.

It argues that the plastic pollution threat is almost equivalent to climate change.

The air we breathe now contains plastic micro particles, there’s plastic in Arctic snow, plastic in soils and plastic in our food."

Roger Harrabin reports for BBC News January 18, 2022. [2]

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Source: BBC News [2], 01/18/2022
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/plastic-crisis-needs-binding-treaty-report-says [2] https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60026748 [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [8] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81