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New UN plastic treaty is going backwards, experts say
NGOs say agreement held back by tenuous human health commitments and lobbying from plastic industry The latest version of the long overdue plastic treaty is even less ambitious than the previous one, according to experts.
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The latest version of the UN plastic treaty has been deemed less ambitious than its predecessor by experts. The agreement has been criticized for its tenuous human health commitments, which some argue are insufficient to address the issue of plastic pollution.
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