'The Cost of Plastics Is Lives': House Oversight Hearing Highlights Environmental Justice Burdens of Plastic Production
DeSmogBlog
JULY 8, 2020
Read time: 6 mins During a congressional hearing Tuesday, a plastics industry executive echoed a common refrain from the industry: “Plastic saves lives.”. However, for many communities of color living in close proximity to the petrochemical plants producing those plastics, the exact opposite is often true.
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