Announcing the Minderoo – Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health
Philip J. Landrigan, Hervé Raps, Christos Symeonides, Thomas C. Chiles, Maureen Cropper, Judith Enck, Mark E. Hahn, Richard Hixson, Pushpam Kumar, Adetoun Mustapha, Yongjoon Park, Margaret Spring, John J. Stegeman, Richard C. Thompson, Zhanyun Wang, Megan Wolff, Aroub Yousuf, Sarah A. Dunlop
Abstract
Plastic is the signature material of our age. In the 75 years since large-scale production began\nin the aftermath of World War II, plastic has transformed our world, supported many of the\nmost significant advances of modern civilization, and enabled breakthroughs in virtually every\nfield of human endeavor. But plastic also poses great and growing dangers to human health\nand the environment, harms that fall disproportionately on the world’s poorest and most\nvulnerable populations. The extent and magnitude of these dangers are only beginning to be\nunderstood.