Protecting Our Future
And the future of generations to come from the plastics health crisis
LIVE: INC-4 OTTAWA, CANADA |
LIVE: INC-4 OTTAWA, CANADA |
WHO WE ARE
The Plastic Health Council brings together Plastic Soup Foundation and A Plastic Planet, united in their commitment to support the expert scientists, ensuring their research on micro and nano plastics, and the impact of their chemical additives on human health, is considered in the UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiations.
WHY WE EXIST
Thousands of peer-reviewed research reports have been published highlighing the plastic chemicals that cause infertility, cancer, cognitive disorders and auto-immune diseases and yet there is still no global regulation to stop this threat to humankind. Instead, plastic production is set to treble by 2040.
MEDIA
Our over-reliance on plastic has created a toxic crisis. It's time to act.
Dr Pete Meyers, PhD, is a founding member of the Plastic Health Council, a group of scientists and campaigners dedicated to protecting humanity from the far-reaching impact of micro, nano-plastics and chemicals on human health. He is also chief scientist of Environmental Health Services,a nonprofit, nonpartisan organisation dedicated to driving science into public discussion and policy on environmental health issues, including climate change.
Reuters
Only radical measures of change will break plastic’s toxic grip
Our disposable culture has increased tenfold over the past century, with levels set to increase again by 70 percent by 2050. And of course it is mirrored by a threefold increase in plastic production.
Climate Champions
How everyday objects are speeding up the spread of cancer
Maria Westerbos, from the Plastic Soup Foundation and Plastic Health Council, said: ‘There should be no doubt in the fact that plastic is killing us in the long term. We have seen study upon study demonstrating the stark reality that we must work towards a future free from toxic plastic with immediate effect.’
Metro
Plastic may contribute to aggressive cancer spread, warns leading cancer scientist
Co-founder Sian Sutherland on how experts see international efforts to confront this challenge.
Down To Earth
Popular push to cut plastics runs into fossil fuel opposition at UN conference
But a group of public health researchers argued that promoting chemical recycling “would be the worst outcome the Treaty could endorse for managing plastic waste.”
Pointing to the fact that plastics components are both highly toxic and largely unregulated, the scientists — most of whom are with the Plastic Health Council, which focuses on the risks of petrochemicals — also called on negotiators to end subsidies to plastics manufacturers and mandate steep cuts in single-use plastics production.
The Hill
Zero ambition to protect health
Sian Sutherland, co-founder of A Plastic Planet and the Plastic Health Council, said: “So far we are seeing zero ambition from UN member states at INC-3 in Nairobi. This complete lack of ambition is being driven by oil producing states that have a vested interest in a status quo where the petrochemical industry pumps plastic into the environment ad-infinitum.
The Ecologist
Health Scientists’ Global Plastics Treaty Open Letter
Health Scientists’ Global Plastics Treaty INC3, Nairobi, November 2023
The Plastic Health Council was again included in the UN delegate negotiations at INC3 in Nairobi.
The irrefutable proof of health impacts was given a global stage as we launched the Health Scientists’ Global Plastics Treaty, demanding stronger measures to protect health.
‘Tsunami’ of plastic damaging health must be stopped, scientists warn UN
Global population 'eat and drink' hazardous material, world leaders told amid treaty negotiations
UN Global Plastic Treaty : Are we edging closer to a cliff edge?
Sian Sutherland, Co-Founder, A Plastic Planet & Plastic Health Council reflects on the latest the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) to develop a legally binding UN Global Plastic Treaty and how they are being influenced by oil nations.
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TRT World
Sian Sutherland, co-founder of A Plastic Planet and Plastic Health Council discussing Plastic Bag Bans
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Maria Westerbos on solving the global plastics problem
Will international treaty help reduce levels of plastic waste?
Click here to watch the full interview
In UN talks for a global plastic treaty, delegates to face off over production limits
As the world's nations enter another round of talks this week on creating a first-ever treaty to contain plastic pollution
UN Plastics Treaty INC2, Paris, May 2023
The Plastic Health Council was asked to present at the official side event on Micro, Nano-plastics, and Chemicals at the INC2 at UNESCO, Paris.
Our presentation brought attention to the volume of research that proves human health impact, giving the scientists the stage.
We also presented the White Paper, written after our event in Brussels, with our 10 Point Blueprint for Change.
EU Parliament, Brussels, May 2023
The Plastic Health Council held the Plastic Health Symposium, hosted by MEPs, in European Parliament. The attendees, from industry, government, law, heard direct from the scientists that human health is being seriously affected by the omnipresence of plastic, from the products we use, the clothes we wear and the packaging that fills our bins. 3 round table sessions resulted in a White Paper that was subsequently launched at the UN Global Plastics Treaty INC2 in Paris.
Click here to read the white paper.