Public health implications of plastic pollution: Reducing national healthcare burden

Among the materials that are most prevalent in use universally. They exist as one of the most commonly used materials in our everyday world although serious health hazards are associated with plastic pollution, which may result in higher nationwide health care costs. Understanding how plastic pollution affects health and how lowering it might lower medical expenses and enhance public health outcomes is necessary to address these issues. However, there are several matters through use besides discarding, like refuse accumulations in natural environments and landfills, corporeal harm to wildlife from taking in or becoming caught in plastic, chemical leaking from plastic substances, and the likelihood of plastics spreading substances to people and nature. The worldwide implementation of the SDGs has further proven to be effective in curtailing plastic pollution and hopefully would be fully achievable by 2030.

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World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews
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2024-10-22
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https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.24.1.3181
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Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
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Public health implications of plastic pollution: Reducing national healthcare burden

Metz Cynthia Eugenie Konan
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews
Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
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Public health implications of plastic pollution: Reducing national healthcare burden

Metz Cynthia Eugenie Konan
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Abstract

Among the materials that are most prevalent in use universally. They exist as one of the most commonly used materials in our everyday world although serious health hazards are associated with plastic pollution, which may result in higher nationwide health care costs. Understanding how plastic pollution affects health and how lowering it might lower medical expenses and enhance public health outcomes is necessary to address these issues. However, there are several matters through use besides discarding, like refuse accumulations in natural environments and landfills, corporeal harm to wildlife from taking in or becoming caught in plastic, chemical leaking from plastic substances, and the likelihood of plastics spreading substances to people and nature. The worldwide implementation of the SDGs has further proven to be effective in curtailing plastic pollution and hopefully would be fully achievable by 2030.

World Journal of Advanced Research and ReviewsVol. 24(1)
Openalex Percentile: Top 72%
Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
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