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Did you know: in addition to accounting for 8.5% of US greenhouse gas emissions, healthcare in this country produces enormous quantities of waste? In fact, in most major cities, the single biggest waste producer is its largest hospital, and at least 25% of hospital waste is plastics!
A summary of the clinical implications of microplastics and nanoplastics in the human body will be presented, followed by suggestions of how clinicians and the California health community can alter practice to decrease plastic waste without harming the quality of care.