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Plastic Pollution: How Can the Global Health Community Fight the Growing Problem?

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Plastic products and plastic waste threaten human health because of their toxicity, role in disease propagation, possible interference with food supply through their environmental effects and socioeconomic impacts. Despite the burden caused by plastic pollution, the topic does not appear to be a priority on the agenda of the global public health community. International health organizations have not been vocal about plastic pollution as a health threat, and the issue is not frequently discussed in the global health scientific literature.

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