How Plastic is Corrupting Our Bodies and Our Institutions | Jane Van Dis
The unbelievable reach of the plastics industry—and their lobbyists
Since I first interviewed OB/GYN and independent researcher, Jane van Dis, on the dangers of plastic two years ago, the science has only become more stark. Not only are we discovering more ways in which plastics are harming our biological health—from changing our brain chemistry, our pregnancies and births, and polluting our organs more broadly—we're also learning exactly how the plastic industry buried this evidence as early as the 1950s, and continues to manufacture doubt for what is already a global public health crisis.
On this episode, Jane walks us through the updated research about the impact of plastic on our health, and then reveals shocking stories which show the reach and power of the plastic lobby. She names the chemical companies that were instrumental in stacking the Supreme Court with corporate-bought justices who are not only tearing apart environmental protection, but actively dismantling the legislation that keeps corporate abuse at bay. Finally, she also explains in detail why the idea of recycling plastics is simply not a solution scientifically, revealing how the discourse has been deliberately muddied by that same lobby so they can continue polluting our environments, bodies and institutions just to turn a profit.
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