Study: Health impacts linked to plastics emissions could soar by 2040

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2026-01-27

London (PA Media/dpa) - Adverse health impacts linked to greenhouse gases, air pollutants and toxic chemicals emitted from the global plastics system could more than double by 2040, a study has found. Modelling research, published in the Lancet Planetary Health on Monday, identified health harms linked to every stage of the plastics life cycle - from fossil fuels extraction and material production to their disposal and release into the environmen......

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