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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/one-of-the-great-human-crises-warning-after-microplastics-linked-to-lung-colon-cancer-20241218-p5kz7o.html

It's getting so bad that - according to the World Wildlife Fund - the average person is ingesting up to a credit card's worth of plastic each week. Now a new major scientific review links microplastics to lung and colon cancer.

An interview with the main researcher on ABC radio

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/microplastics-health-harms/104749826

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