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Plastics are a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to human and planetary health, a new expert review has warned (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal

I know this part is likely referring to the plastic itself, but due to the headline summary, it sounds like a super industrial, dystopic way of describing human birth and death.