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UN Global Plastics Treaty talks fail
A fast track effort underway since 2022 aiming to forge a global Treaty to control plastic pollution by regulating all aspects of the life cycle failed at the fifth, and hoped for last, UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee Meeting (INC-5) held in Busan, South Korea, on 25 November – 1 December 2024 under the aegis of the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP).
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Plastic pollution caused $249 billion in U.S. health care costs in 2018, finds study
Chemicals leaching from plastics are leaving Americans notably sicker and poorer, according to a new study found.