Announcing the Minderoo – Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health

Plastic is the signature material of our age. In the 75 years since large-scale production began the aftermath of World War II, plastic has transformed our world, supported many of the significant advances of modern civilization, and enabled breakthroughs in virtually every of human endeavor. But plastic also poses great and growing dangers to human health the environment, harms that fall disproportionately on the world’s poorest and most populations. The extent and magnitude of these dangers are only beginning to be.