As we approach the final negotiating session of the Global Plastics Treaty in late November, we're offering a summary of the content we've shared over the past 18 months highlighting health harms of plastics and plastic chemicals.
Below you’ll find links to 14 webinar recordings plus related blog posts, fact sheets, and Science Snippets (short videos).
We hope these resources, many developed in collaboration with our partners, will be useful as we work together to make the case that addressing the plastics problem is an urgent public health concern.
Understanding the plastics treaty
- Plastics Treaty Negotiations: Who has a seat at the table?
- Petrochemicals, Plastics & Health: Will global treaty offer pathway to progress?
- CHE Café: Multisolving for climate, chemicals & health
- Will the Global Plastics Treaty Address Toxic Chemicals?
- Plastics & Environmental Justice: What's Next for the Global Treaty?
Blogs & other related content:
- A Roadmap to Better Policy for Plastic Chemicals
- The Plastics Treaty: An opportunity to multisolve
- Plastics: Multiple problems in urgent need of solutions
- Science Snippet - Dr. Philip Landrigan
- Science Snippet - Beverley Thorpe
Micro- & nanoplastics, & chemical recycling
- Micro- and Nanoplastics and Public Health: EU research findings
- The Not-So-'Micro' Plastic Problem: A Conversation with Matt Simon
- The Realities of Chemical Recycling and the Plastic Pollution Crisis
Blogs and other related content:
- New book on microplastics highlights global threat
- “Advanced Recycling” of Plastics (Part 1)
- “Advanced Recycling” of Plastics (Part 2)
- Fact sheet - The Realities of Chemical Recycling and Plastics
Plastic products
- Food Contact Materials: A road map to improved safety testing
- The Chemical Footprint of a Plastic Bottle
- Artificial Turf: Research on Plastic Pollution, PFAS, and Health Concerns
Blogs and other related content:
- A vision for safer, more sustainable food contact materials)
- Playing on Plastic: Artificial Turf Hazards and Safer Alternatives
- 6PPD in Tires: A concern for playgrounds, artificial turf, and more
- Playground Surfacing: Fun and safety without toxic chemicals
- Forever Chemicals in Artificial Turf: Understanding PFAS testing
- Science Snippet - Dr. Jane Muncke
Health & justice impacts of plastic chemicals
- The Arctic's Plastics Crisis: Dangers to health and human rights of Indigenous peoples
- Male autism spectrum disorder & prenatal BPA exposure
- Protecting Children’s Developing Brains: Hazards of Plastics and Chemicals in Plastics
- Chemicals in Plastics: Human health costs
Related content:
- Fact sheet - Chemicals in Plastics: Human health costs
- Fact sheet - Male Autism Spectrum Disorder & Prenatal BPA Exposure
- Science Snippet - Dr. Leonardo Trasande