Plastic toxicants causing miscarriage and cancer, according to researchers
have found that toxic chemicals in plastics are increasing the risk of miscarriages, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and cancers.– the researchers drawn from the healthcare, ocean and environment fields, said plastics pose considerable risks to all life on earth at every stage of the life cycle.
“Plastic waste is ubiquitous, with the ocean, on which we depend for oxygen, food and livelihoods, suffering beyond measure, with micro and nano plastics particles contaminating the water and the sea floor and entering the marine food chain.”Sarah Dunlop, a professor and co-author, believes researchers are finally opening the eyes of the world to the harms caused by some plastics and the need to ban them globally.
“Very few details about the identity, chemical makeup, and potential toxicity of plastic chemicals are disclosed by plastic producers, and in most countries, they are under no legal obligation to do so,” Landrigan said.
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