As Earth Day 2024 sees global governments and NGOs meet in Ottawa to continue negotiating terms of the UN Global Plastics Treaty, a new report from EARTHDAY.ORG on this year's theme of "Plastics vs. Planet" explores the challenges humans face reigning in the plastics industry. They have been found in bottled drinks, tap water, seafood and myriad other foodstuffs, with an estimated 78,000 to 211,000 particles consumed by the average person, according to a study published in Environmental Science and Technology. Babies are more at risk than adults, due to teething and their habit of interacting with plastic toys and other objects orally, which shed both microplastics and their additive chemicals, says the Earth Day report. 'Our reliance on plastics could be the biggest gamble in the story of human health, in history. We are all ingesting and inhaling microplastics. They are everywhere. Are we just hoping they are safe, or is even the remotest possibility they might be toxic so...
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