{"id":19742,"date":"2026-01-29T17:43:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?page_id=19742"},"modified":"2026-01-30T17:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:47:11","slug":"webinar-recording-plastics-the-mounting-threat-to-public-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/webinar-recording-plastics-the-mounting-threat-to-public-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar Recording &#8211; Plastics: the Mounting Threat to Public Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Plastic-Mounting-Threat-graphic-no-links-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19673 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Plastic-Mounting-Threat-graphic-no-links-1-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Plastic-Mounting-Threat-graphic-no-links-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Plastic-Mounting-Threat-graphic-no-links-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Plastic-Mounting-Threat-graphic-no-links-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Plastic-Mounting-Threat-graphic-no-links-1-560x315.png 560w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Plastic-Mounting-Threat-graphic-no-links-1-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Plastic-Mounting-Threat-graphic-no-links-1.png 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>The Green Needham and the League of Women Voters of Needham co-hosted a webinar, \u201c<strong>Plastics: the Mounting Threat\u00a0to Public Health<\/strong>,\u201d on January 28, 2026, with Dr. Philip Landrigan, MD. Over 400 people registered for the webinar, and just over 200 attended from all over the country. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/T_3b8Jp2T4I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch the webinar<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwv-needham.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Landrigan-Plastics-and-Health-28-Jan-26.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download the slides<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Landrigan is a pediatrician and epidemiologist, and he directs the program for Global Public Health and the Common Good at Boston College and the Global Observatory on Planetary Health.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Landrigan has collaborated with other scientists to study the health impacts of plastics throughout their life cycles. He shared study results and gave his recommendations for taking bold steps now to reduce plastics and mitigate their health impacts. Dr Landrigan also responded to questions from the webinar audience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Useful Links!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Links Dr. Landrigan provided in his slides.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc.edu\/bc-web\/research\/sites\/global-observatory-planetary-health\/programs-initiatives\/plastics-countdown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lancet Countdown on Health and Plastics<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annalsofglobalhealth.org\/articles\/10.5334\/aogh.4056#abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>You can take action today!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In his presentation, Dr Landrigan stressed the need for us to take immediate action to limit our exposure to plastics and reduce the amount of plastic that is produced globally. We hope you were inspired by the presentation to take steps to reduce the plastic in your own life, and also to advocate in your community and at the state and federal levels for policy changes to reduce the amount of plastic pollution we are exposed to every day. Here are some ideas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">If you want to find alternatives for the plastics in your home, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/alternatives-to-plastic-in-our-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">If you want to work on reducing plastics in your community, connect with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/project-plastic-waste-reduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plastics Reduction Team<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondplastics.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond Plastics<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">If you want to urge your state senator to support the bill Dr Landrigan referenced in his talk \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/194\/S2541\">S.2541<\/a>, An Act to Reduce Plastics \u2013 find your senator <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Search\/FindMyLegislator?Address=217%20hillcrest%20rd&amp;City=Needham&amp;ZipCode=02492\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Thank you for your concern about the environment we all share.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch this informative webinar  by Dr. Philip Landrigan about the health risks of plastics, and learn how we can take bold steps now to reduce exposure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":19673,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[342],"class_list":["post-19742","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-plastic-waste-reduction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19742"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19800,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19742\/revisions\/19800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}