from The National Pulse:
A massive new study has revealed that plastic contains over 4,000 toxic chemicals.
Scientists cataloged over 16,000 components in plastic products, revealing that 4,200, or 26 percent, pose dangers linked to their “persistent, bioaccumulative, mobile and/or toxic” characteristics. The findings are part of the PlastChem report, recently released ahead of upcoming UN negotiations on a global plastic pollution treaty.
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The researchers took a year to assess these chemicals’ health and environmental impacts in detail, aiming to assist future regulation and international action to limit plastic dependency. The exhaustive list includes plastic ingredients, stabilizers, and coloring agents, several of which were not previously recorded in previous studies.
Of the chemicals identified, more than 400 pervade commonly used plastic products, such as food packaging, all of which can leach dangerous chemicals into the environment. Prior studies highlighted health risks linked to phthalates, such as reproductive system disruption, development of asthma, and cancer risk, associated with these chemical compound families.
However, the report indicates that knowledge gaps persist as the toxicity data for over 10,000 plastic-associated chemicals remains unavailable due to a lack of industry transparency.
Although around 1,000 plastic chemicals are regulated under international agreements, myriad substances remain unregulated. It is the hope among scientists involved that this in-depth analysis will significantly influence future policy development aimed at mitigating the global plastic pollution issues.
Concerns over the dangers of plastic are increasing as society learns more about the material’s pervasive prevalence. Earlier this year, it was reported that humans consume over 1,000 microplastics annually through table salt alone.
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