Plastics Pollution leads to intense global health issues

Plastic pollution predominantly originates from suburban and urban areas, with a significant portion finding its way into lakes, rivers, oceans, and seas. MPs carry several toxic elements (DDT, Hexachlorobenzene) that toxify the water bodies and are transferred along with the food web which harms marine biota and final consumers (humans). Dietary exposure to MPs for a long period may change the chromosomal sequences in humans and finally may lead to cancer, obesity, and infertility (Laskar and Kumar, 2019). Cosmetics, hand cleansers, face wash, toothpaste, and dental care products contain PE MPs particles (Sharma and Chatterjee, 2017), and use of these day-to-day products may cause savior health hazards including skin damage as tissue may absorb these particles. The government should set zero tolerance for plastics and must take strict actions against the use of plastics and implementation of laws and penalties by the local government to minimize plastic pollution from the environment. The government should force industries to stop the production of conventional non-degradable plastics and promote and introduce bio-degradable plastics in the market at the minimum possible price. Education regarding environmental health and mass public awareness is very significant because the result of pollution management strategies directly depends on people's behavior.