Western plastics “poisoning the Indonesian food chain” – BBC News

The BBC has learned that the burning of plastic waste in Indonesia, many of which have been sent there by the West, is poisoning the food chain. The environmental group IPEN, in an East Java village, has found toxic dioxins in chicken eggs 70 times higher than the level allowed by European safety regulations. Long-term exposure to chemicals is linked to problems with cancer, the immune system and development. The Indonesian government says it sends the waste to countries. The BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire program also spoke to people with respiratory problems caused by smoke from burning plastics and filmed the open burning of plastics allegedly sent to Indonesia for recycling. Please subscribe HERE .

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