Deepa Padmanaban is an independent journalist based in Bengaluru, writing on climate change, environment, health and conservation. Swathi Seshadri is energy specialist (petrochemicals) at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
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Identifying hazardous chemicals is key to combating plastic pollution
There is currently a lack of comprehensive data, and only 1% of chemicals are regulated
Plastic waste in Panama City in December. Every year about 400 million metric tons of plastic is produced worldwide. © Reuters
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