Plastics, Endocrine Disruptors, and Health: Unwrapping the Risks and Solutions

Plastics, Endocrine Disruptors, and Health: Unwrapping the Risks and Solutions

An AfterHours Webinar

Presenter: Dr Mitchell Hickson, Physician - NSW Health
Facilitator: Dr Kate Wylie

Session Outline:
• Healthcare and its reliance on plastics
• The consequences of plastics on human health, including microplastics and endocrine disrupting chemicals
• The way forward from here

About the presenter: 
Dr Hickson is a physician working in Western Sydney. He has been a trainee doctor in a variety of specialties including emergency medicine, intensive care and most recently sexual health. He is now pursuing specialisation in public health. Has a keen interest in systems responses to health problems, in particular how our socio-economic system propagates health hazards and how it responds to these challenges.
Climate change, microplastics and endocrine disrupting chemicals are a direct consequence of this area of interest.  
Currently chairs the Plastic and Waste Pollution Special Interest Group for Doctors for the Environment Australia

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