Global plastics talks set to resume next month must prioritize environment and health, experts say

Smoke Signals From The Plastics Treaty: Why Geneva Negotiations Can't Ignore Health Governance - Health Policy Watch

As negotiators prepare to meet in Geneva, 5-14 August in yet another attempt to finalize the United Nations Global Plastics Treaty addressing a pollution crisis affecting oceans and ecosystems worldwide – a critical linkage between health and environment governance seems to be largely missing from the draft text. After nearly three years of negotiations, the […]

Global plastics talks set to resume next month must prioritize environment and health, experts say

Read the full story at Inside Climate News. No place on Earth is safe from plastic pollution. Plastic garbage and tiny shards of these long-lived petroleum-based polymers taint the highest Himalayan mountains, deepest ocean trenches, outermost Antarctic field stations and hidden recesses of the human body. To manage the rapidly accelerating plastic crisis, 175 countries adopted a United Nations resolution in 2022 to end … Continue reading Global…