Plastics and health risks.

By R. Halden. Annual Review of Public Health, 2010

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Endocrine disruptors: from endocrine to metabolic disruption. (2011, background): “Owing to their variety, robustness, and extremely low costs, plastics are fundamental in modern life, public health, and medicine; plastic production exceeded 300 million tons in 2010 (32).”
A Detailed Review Study on Potential Effects of Microplastics and Additives of Concern on Human Health (2020, background): “Their primary use is as plasticizers that are added to basic plastic material to impart specific qualities such as flexibility, pliability, and elasticity to plastic polymers [47].”
Microplastics in fisheries and aquaculture (2017, background): “Toxicity concerns about chemicals given off by weathered PVC tend to focus not on its monomeric building block but instead on phthalates, specifically di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP; Halden, 2010).”
A Review： Investigation of Bioplastics (2015, background): “Worldwide annual plastics production is estimated to surpass 300 million tons by 2015 [2].”