Scientists Warn of Dire Health Issues from Plastic Pollution ahead of Talks

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Scientists are warning of the danger plastic pollution poses to health ahead of talks to hammer out a worldwide plastics agreement. Leaders from 170 countries will meet in Switzerland this week for another attempt at a treaty.

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00:00Scientists are warning of the danger that plastic pollution poses to health, ahead of

00:05talks to hammer out a worldwide plastics agreement.

00:08The group of health experts reported that plastics are linked to extensive diseases

00:12in people, with young children particularly vulnerable.

00:15Leaders from 170 countries will meet in Switzerland this week for another shot at a treaty.

00:21Talks collapsed in South Korea last December, when fossil fuel-dependent nations refused

00:25to impose plastic production limits.

00:27More than 400 million tons of plastic is produced annually, a figure that experts warn could

00:32increase 70 percent without action.

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