As we age, plastic pollution contributes to cancers, heart diseases, infertility and cognitive decline — and now it’s thwarting our chances at being healthy before our lives even begin.
A new study from NYU Langone Health partially attributed close to 2 million preterm births in 2018 — about 8% of the world’s total that year — to exposure to just one chemical found in common household products like cosmetics, detergents and bug repellents.
Di-2-ethylhexylphthalate (DEHP), one of several chemicals classified as phthalates, is used to make plastic products more flexible.
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