Delegates from around the world are gathering in Geneva for a critical round of negotiations aimed at securing the first global treaty to curb the mounting plastic pollution crisis.

Oil-producing states are opposed to any targets for limiting plastic production. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Plastics are everywhere—they're even in you right now—and are making many of us sick. Now, global negotiators are fighting over whether that matters.