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Plastics are a petrochemical product. More than 99% of plastic resins are created from oil, fracked gas or coal, and enormous quantities of additives are used to give them properties such as water resistance, flexibility, color and so on.
In the 2024 PlastChem report, researchers had identified 16,265 chemicals that can be used in the production of plastics, 26% of which are known to be hazardous. “Hazardous” in this instance means that they may be carcinogenic,