Plastics chemical leaked in Ohio spills often: report
A report released Tuesday by environmental advocacy groups Earthjustice and Beyond Plastics found that: Since 2010, there have been 966 accidents related to this chemical.. Since 1968, trains transporting this chemical 29 derailments. Accidents also occurred in other places, such as factories. In light of this report, environmental advocacy groups called for a ban on […]
Microscopic plastics could raise risk of stroke and heart attack, study says | Environment
Doctors have warned of the potentially life-threatening effects of plastic pollution, finding that people whose blood vessels were contaminated with microscopic plastics had a significantly increased risk of stroke, heart attack and premature death. Researchers in Naples examined fatty plaques removed from the blood vessels of patients with arterial disease and found that more than […]
Plastics pollution led to $250 billion in disease over one year
New research shows that chemicals leached from plastic are making Americans significantly more sick and poor. In 2018 alone, the hormone-disrupting effects of plastics in the nation's food and water led to an additional $25 trillion in health care costs, according to a study published Thursday in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. This equates […]