Plastics and PFAS: a public health crisis Canada can no longer ignore

The government must invest in the health of Canada, stop subsidizing polluters, and drive the well-being agenda by eliminating harmful toxics and plastics.

Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong’s public art installation The Giant Plastic Trap in Ottawa on April 23, 2024. If plastic were a country, it would be the world’s fifth-largest greenhouse gas emitter, writes Helen Hsu.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY HELEN HSU

October 15, 2025

Plastics are not just an environmental nuisance. They are also fuelling a public health crisis. Canada must be concerned about the mounting evidence

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