global chemical industry and plastics expected to double by 2030

  The size of the global chemical industry exceeded US$5 trillion in 2017 and is projected to double by 2030….The World Health Organization estimated the burden of disease from selected chemicals at 1.6 million lives in 2016, which is likely an underestimate.  Chemical pollution also threatens a range of ecosystem services.   https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/un-report-urgent-action-needed-tackle-chemical-pollution-global

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7-22-2020  Evidence has doubled in the last five years about the negative impact on our health of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in plastics, pesticides, flame retardants and other merchandise, according to a new review of recent literature.  "It's a global problem.”  Some five years ago the World Health Organization and United Nations reported on 15 ways that chemicals used in plastics, pesticides and flame retardants could affect babies from the womb to adulthood, including:

IQ loss and intellectual disability

Autism and attention-deficit disorder

Childhood and adult obesity

Low testosterone, male infertility and testicular dysfunction

Endometriosis and fibroids in women.

The new analysis published Tuesday now adds another 17 such health impacts to the list and broadens the number of known chemicals involved.  https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/health/chemical-endocrine-disruptor-doubled-wellness/index.html

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Only a quarter of the 82,000 chemicals in use in the U.S. have ever been tested.-National Geographic

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12-19-19    World Economic Forum predicts plastic production will double in the next 20 years.  https://e360.yale.edu/features/the-plastics-pipeline-a-surge-of-new-production-is-on-the-way

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China is also the world's largest producer of ships, high-speed trains, robots, tunnels, bridges, highways, chemical fibers, machine tools, computers, cellphones, etc.    https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/regional-economist/april-2016/chinas-rapid-rise-from-backward-agrarian-society-to-industrial-powerhouse-in-just-35-years