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Health and climate, but the P-word is still taboo

Health care is facing the effects of climate change while being one of the polluters contributing to it. Plastic Health Summit 2021 breaks taboo around plastic.

Have you ever wondered what plastic might be doing to your fertility? 

Research has shown that plastic affects our fertility and that of our children. Learn more about this at the Plastic Health Summit.

What is in the air around us?

Are we breathing in microplastics? What’s in the dust outside and in our houses? Find out at the Plastic Health Summit 2021!

Plastic Health Summit presents the first scientific evidence on the presence of micro and nanoplastics in the bloodstream

October 21 conference in Amsterdam on the impact of plastics on health with speakers from all around the world.

“The earth is in need of a good lawyer” – Polly Higgins

Scottish lawyer Polly Higgins made it her life’s work to get ecocide criminalized. More on this at our Plastic Health Summit on October 21!

Plastic Health Summit in Amsterdam

Plastic Health Summit 2021: International conference presents latest scientific research findings on the health effects of plastic

Extremely high levels of dioxin in chicken eggs where plastic is incinerated in the open air

Chicken eggs in low-income countries contain extremely high levels of dioxin in places where imported plastic from the West is burned.

Industry must not sabotage the ban on UV-328

UV-328 is a toxic substance that the plastic industry often uses. A proposal to ban this substance under the Stockholm Convention is being challenged by industry.

Fashion industry addicted to plastic materials releasing dangerous microfibers

The world’s biggest fashion brands are fueling the plastic pollution and climate crisis through continued reliance on synthetic fiber made from fossil fuels.

Save the date – 2021 Plastic Health Summit

The Plastic Soup Foundation is thrilled to announce the second-ever Plastic Health Summit, to be held on October 21, 2021 in Amsterdam.

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The Sustainable Development Goals seem to be out of reach because of the continued use of fossil fuels.

The world has lulled itself to sleep in terms of the SDGs framework. The well-known Sustainable Development Goals seem unattainable. This is primarily because ‘fossil’ has been given free rein.

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EXPERTS APPLAUD EU FOR UPCOMING LEGISLATION, BUT INSIST ALL MICROPLASTICS SHOULD BE INCLUDED

Experts have come together from across Europe to explore how the EU can ensure upcoming microplastics restriction can protect both the environment and humans.

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ING major financier of new plastic production in Belgium

ING Bank claims that it is concerned about the problem of the plastic soup, yet it is putting hundreds of millions into new plastic production in Antwerp. It is stepping all over its own sustainability policy.

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PUR: an invisible and hazardous litter

Pieces of PUR – insulation foam – in the environment remains a hidden and little known form of hazardous litter

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