🧵 Tips for reducing microplastic exposure recommended in this article: Avoid packaged & ultra-processed foods Don't microwave plastics or use plastic water bottles Follow a plant-based diet Minimize dust in your home Use fragrance-free personal care & cleaning products The journalist forgot one: support a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty that drastically cuts plastic production! 🌍 Add your name ⤵️

Greenpeace International

Let’s end the age of plastic! - Greenpeace International

I support a strong Global Plastics Treaty that cuts plastic production so that we can finally turn off the tap and end the age of plastic - for our...

🔥Cut plastic production or fuel our destruction ✊The final round of #PlasticsTreaty talks start tomorrow & Greenpeace‬ is outside with civil society to demand action from world leaders. It’s time for govts to step up! Strong treaty now!

Help End the Age of Plastics: Global Plastics Treaty Now!

'Plastics are a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to human and planetary health, a new expert review has warned.' This is a crisis fuelled by profit and delay. We need urgent action. This week, governments are meeting to negotiate a Global #PlasticsTreaty. It must drastically cut plastic production to protect people and planet. No more excuses.

the Guardian

World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns

Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

There's microplastics in our gut, in the sea, and even the placenta of unborn babies. How did we get here?

the Guardian

The life of microplastic: how fragments move through plants, insects, animals – and you

Microplastics have been found in the placentas of unborn babies, the depths of the Mariana Trench, the summit of Everest and the organs of Antarcti...

They knew. They lied. Plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that RECYCLING is NOT an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. Take action >>

Greenpeace International

Let’s end the age of plastic! - Greenpeace International

I support a strong Global Plastics Treaty that cuts plastic production so that we can finally turn off the tap and end the age of plastic - for our...

Recycling does not match the scale of the plastic that's being produced. It’s time to turn off the tap. We have to stop the PRODUCTION of all that unnecessary plastic! From 5 to 14 August, governments are gathering in Geneva to try to finalise a Global #PlasticsTreaty — a once-in-a-generation chance to turn the tide on plastic pollution. ✊ Urge world leaders to choose people and planet — not polluters.​ Add your name:

Greenpeace International

Let’s end the age of plastic! - Greenpeace International

I support a strong Global Plastics Treaty that cuts plastic production so that we can finally turn off the tap and end the age of plastic - for our...

Runaway plastic production is out of control. But we have a chance to stop it. From 5–14 August, nations will meet in Geneva to try to finalise a Global #PlasticsTreaty that could stem the tide of plastic pollution — if they choose courage over compromise. ✊ Tell world leaders to stand on the right side of history. Add your name:

Greenpeace International

Let’s end the age of plastic! - Greenpeace International

I support a strong Global Plastics Treaty that cuts plastic production so that we can finally turn off the tap and end the age of plastic - for our...

The International Court of Justice has confirmed: 🌍 The right to a healthy planet is a human right. ⚖️ States must stop harm, regulate polluters, and pay up. 🌱 Justice for frontline communities is no longer a dream. It’s law. This is a turning point for climate justice. Let’s make it count. #ClimateJustice #ICJAO

It’s International Tiger Day! Protecting their habitats ensures a future for these majestic creatures. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣Let’s protect their homes today and every day 💚 🐯⁣ ⁣ #TigerDay #InternationalTigerDay #Tigers

🌍 A rare bit of climate good news: 92% of all new power added last year came from renewables. Solar and wind are now the cheapest energy sources. Let’s build on this momentum. #ClimateHope