How does plastic pollution affect humans?
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PLASTIC CAUSES LAND POLUTION AMD THUS EFFECT HUMANS
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This is an issue many people in the Global North struggle to relate to, but it poses a huge health hazard to people living in the Global South. Where there is poor waste management, people often have no choice but to burn their trash in the open air. This is a very common practice which allows chemicals from plastic to easily enter the body as we breathe normally. A report published in March 2018 shows that 5 billion people globally live without waste collection or controlled waste disposal. Roughly 9 million people die each year as a result. In Europe, the issue persists but is hidden inside huge buildings known as incinerators. Incinerators in Europe are supposed to operate with maximum security, converting the heat produced by burning trash, in energy. Beautiful right? Unfortunately, it has been proven that incinerators release dioxin – one of the most toxic chemicals known to man – in huge amounts into the air. When it is not directly released in our atmosphere it is grouped in toxic ashes. Sweden was recently exposed for dumping their toxic incinerator ash on an island off Norway.