Down To Earth visited Panipat’s petrochemical cluster to find how the area is in throes of a health crisis
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India’s legislations do not mandate it to create a baseline health assessment of the population before setting up factories with the potential of harming the environment and human health
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Between 2021 and 2024, the number of chemicals reported to be used by the plastic industry has gone up from around 10,000 to 16,000
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Plastics not only pollute and affect human health during the production phase, but continue to do so during the usage phase, as well as through the disposal and the processing and recycling of plastic waste
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The need right now is to simplify plastics towards safety and sustainability through policies promoting the use of fewer and safer chemicals
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