The “underrecognized” and “grave and growing danger” of pervasive global plastic pollution is a threat to human health throughout the course of our lives, a group of international researchers warned in a report released Monday.
With production on track to nearly triple by 2060, plastic pollution is responsible for disease and death and is estimated to cost the U.S. some $1.5 trillion a year in health-related economic losses, they explained, with 8,000 metric tons of plastic waste invading our lands, our water sources, and even our own hearts and brains.
