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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sandra Laville

Plastic pollution is changing entire Earth system, scientists find

Vultures flying over plastic waste on a beach in Panama.
Vultures flying over plastic waste on a beach in Panama. Photograph: Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images

Plastic pollution is changing the processes of the entire Earth system, exacerbating climate change, biodiversity loss, ocean acidification, and the use of freshwater and land, according to scientific analysis.

Plastic must not be treated as a waste problem alone, the authors said, but as a product that poses harm to ecosystems and human health.

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