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Uncle Joe

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Thu Aug 7, 2025, 11:34 AM Aug 2025

Research Finds Plastics Can Lead to Disease, Disability & Premature Death



A new report by The Lancet has found that plastics are a "grave threat" to human health. "Waste plastic contains thousands of toxic chemicals that cause human exposure and result in disease and disability and premature death," says Dr. Philip Landrigan, an author of the report and the director of the Global Observatory on Planetary Health at Boston College.

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Research Finds Plastics Can Lead to Disease, Disability & Premature Death (Original Post) Uncle Joe Aug 2025 OP
Here is a report about the actual paper IbogaProject Aug 2025 #1
Thanks for the addition IbogaProject Uncle Joe Aug 2025 #3
That's almost as bad as Faux News or what any of those pharma put in the small print: Wonder Why Aug 2025 #2
Need a big class action lawsuit against multigraincracker Aug 2025 #4

Wonder Why

(7,235 posts)
2. That's almost as bad as Faux News or what any of those pharma put in the small print:
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 12:16 PM
Aug 2025

"Can Lead to Disease, Disability & Premature Death".

But those ads show people jumping up and down, smiling and enjoying themselves because they didn't read the small print since they're also suffering from eye disease from watching Faux News and using plastic.

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