Plastic isn't fantastic anymore. It's a menace to nature and humanity. An investigation into the businesses poisoning us.

Global plastic production will double by 2040. Beach cleanups and other plastic straw bans will not be enough to neutralize the threat. The plastics industry is working to sow doubt, minimize the dangers of its product, and extol the benefits of recycling to divert attention from the size of the iceberg still under the surface. For beyond the visible pollution it generates, plastic poisons us almost imperceptibly on a daily basis with toxic additives and microparticles that permeate the air, water, soil, and our bodies.
From China to the industry's strategies in Africa to Louisiana's "Death Alley" and its record cancer rate, welcome to an industry that poisons us yet continues to thrive.