03 May 2024 --- At last week’s fourth round of negotiations for a global plastics treaty (INC-4), The Plastic Health Council — a group of scientists advocating for stringent reduction policies — held a talk on the link between plastic exposure, cancer and other serious diseases. Over 120 members of the US State Department, Defra and the plastics industry attended the discussions. Sian Sutherland, co-founder of advocacy group A Plastic Planet, who moderated the discussion, tells Packaging Insights about her experiences at the event, the council’s insights and her opinions on what needs to change in the run-up to INC-5 in November.
