We eat, drink and breathe plastic

Help us turn off the plastic tap

There is a direct link between plastic and the risk of infectious diseases.

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In recent years, our bodies have been increasingly researched for the health risks of plastic.

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.

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The hidden risk in disposable bottles

Scientific research reveals invisible facts about our daily water and soft drink consumption. It turns out that with every plastic PET bottle we ingest hundreds of thousands of tiny plastic particles.
 
240.000 nano plastics per liter soft drink
Previous research has been done on the presence of microplastics in disposable bottles, but the number of 240,000 particles per liter is so alarming that health questions are being raised. Australian scientists also warn against reusing used bottles.
 
More and more research points to the health risks of plastic.
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Hear it from professionals from the field.
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Prof. Dr. Thais Mauad

“We not only inhale plastic, it also enters our brains through our olfactory organs, where it damages cells” 
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Maria Westerbos

“Time is running out for effective action on plastic pollution to protect the health of current and future generations.” 
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Prof. Dr. Lukas Kenner

"Our research shows that plastic particles could lead to early onset cancer. I'm really afraid of that fact." 
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Dr. Jane Muncke

"Plastics end up in our food through disposable packaging"

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Microplastics

Plastic Soup Foundation reveals new app name

The wait is over! Plastic Soup Foundation proudly announces the name of its brand-new app: PlasticFreeFuture. Your ultimate tool for a plastic-free life.

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Robbert Meulenveld succeeds founder Maria Westerbos as director of the Plastic Soup Foundation

After 14 years at the helm, founder Maria Westerbos passes the baton to Robbert Meulenveld.

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New role for founder Maria Westerbos: from Director to 'Chief Changemaker'

The time has come. Exactly fourteen years after I founded the Plastic Soup Foundation, I am exchanging my position as director for that of Chief Changemaker.

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