New study finds household plastics linked to heart disease deaths worldwide
- Health & Healing
- May 1, 2025
Plastics have transformed modern society, providing many benefits but also destroying waterways and aquifers, depleting petroleum supplies and disrupting human health. Rolf Halden, a researcher at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute, has co-written a new overview on the risks and rewards of plastics in the journal Reviews on Environmental Health. Halden suggests strategies to mitigate negative impacts through reconsideration
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