If you’ve ever looked at a disposable bottle of water with suspicion before tossing it into a bin, you’re far from alone. On August 8, leading scientists across globe published an editorial in The Lancet warning there is “strong evidence” that plastics harm human health and natural ecosystems at every stage of production and consumption — from fracking for the fossil fuels used to make plastics…

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  • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world
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    I personally think the autism is linked here somewhere. Anyone have graphs of our utilization of plastics in everyday products superimposed on the autism rate?