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Plastics and Human Health: How Perception of Human Health Risks Can Reduce Plastics Consumption?

World sustainability series 2025
Malin Francke, Vaishali Arora, Andrea Dobri, Jelena Barbir

Summary

Researchers investigate how public perception of microplastic health risks influences plastic consumption behavior, finding that effective scientific communication about personal health consequences — rather than environmental framing alone — may be more effective at driving reductions in plastic use.

Nowadays, when alternative facts are circulating, effective scientific communication is indispensable to inform the human population about risks to their health. Microplastics are a present problem not only for the environment but also for human health, and...

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