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Grave, growing danger of plastic pollution

by Blitz India Media
August 14, 2025
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Curbing plastic pollution
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NEW DELHI: PLASTIC pollution is a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger to health that is costing the world at least 1.5 trillion dollar a year, according to a recent report in the Lancet medical journal. Plastics cause disease and death from infancy to old age and are responsible for health-related economic losses. Comparing plastic to air and lead pollution, the report said the impact on health of plastic pollution could be mitigated by laws and policies.

A recent umbrella review of epidemiological research on the health impacts of plastic chemicals showed consistent evidence for multiple health effects at all stages of human life for many plastic chemicals and found that infants and young children were especially at risk, the report said. These effects include impaired reproductive potential and, perinatal effects (miscarriage, reduced birthweight, and malformations of the genital organs), diminished cognitive function, insulin resistance, hypertension and obesity in children, and type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, obesity, and cancer in adults.

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