Plastics & Health: What we’re not talking about

The session will explore the often-overlooked health impacts of plastics across their full lifecycle, from production to disposal, highlighting growing scientific evidence on risks linked to plastic pollution, chemicals, microplastics and nanoplastics. It will also examine how health considerations can be more effectively integrated into ongoing global negotiations for a legally binding plastics treaty. Through short lightning talks by experts from diplomacy, science, and policy, the discussion will focus on why health must sit at the centre of global plastics action and how scientific knowledge can be better communicated and translated into policy.