Can countries agree to "end the world's plastic pollution crisis"?

The U.S. is among 175 nations haggling over a treaty to reduce the vast quantity of plastic pollution that ends up in our food, water and even our bodies.

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Can countries agree to "end the world's plastic pollution crisis"?

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