I love the PPP hats. Can a company make a plastic free version?

Earth Week underway as UN committee debates plastics and microplastics. Here's why.
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Use less plastic. Recycling = fig leaf. Go glass & stainless steel. Pressure Department of State to support health & evidence based reductions in plastic production & limits on endocrine disruptor chemicals in #plasticstreaty . US = 19% plastic production globally.

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Foods we eat are covered in plastics that may be causing a rise in premature births, study says amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/02/06…
@cnn ECHO Child Health Research NIEHS March of Dimes

Ditch that plastic container, study says. Plastics linked to thousands of preterm births. usatoday.com/story/news/hea… USA TODAY Eduardo Cuevas

New research relevant to #plasticstreaty in The Lancet Planetary Health - Prenatal phthalate exposure associated with 56k preterm births in US in 2018, $4B/yr in health care costs, research funded by ECHO Child Health Research & NIEHS sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

More concerning than the nanoplastics in water bottles are the chemicals on them latimes.com/environment/st… Susanne Rust nailed this one!

Dangerous chemicals found in recycled plastics, making them unsafe for use – experts explain the hazards theconversation.com/dangerous-chem…

Plastics are found everywhere, including in your body Scripps News scrippsnews.com/stories/plasti…

Plastic chemicals linked to $249 billion in US health care costs in just one year, study finds #plastictreaty #plastics #reduce @cnn Jane Muncke Bethanie Carney Almroth #PlasticsTreaty #INC4 amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/01/11…

Plastics pollution led to $250 billion in disease over one year Saul Elbein #plastics treaty #plastics Endocrine Society Journals Endocrine Society

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