Paris, France, Jan 26, 2026 (AFP) - Health threat of global plastics projected to soar

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2026-01-27

The threat posed by plastic production, usage and disposal to human health will skyrocket in the coming years unless the world does something to address this global crisis, researchers warned Tuesday. A British-French team of researchers attempted to cover all the different ways that plastic affects health, from oil and gas extraction during production to all the products that end up in landfills. However they said that their modelling study stil......

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