"Doctored", plastics, and NCDs

The Lancet Voice

The Lancet Voice
"Doctored", plastics, and NCDs
Aug 28, 2025 Season 6 Episode 17
The Lancet Group

Gavin, Richard, and Jessamy enter the studio once more for a Lancet Voice chat. A new book on Alzheimer's disease causes controversy across the Lancet team, we discuss the new Countdown on Plastics & Health, and a quick look at the problems facing the upcoming UN High Level Meeting on NCDs.

You can read the Lancet Countdown on health and plastics here:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01447-3/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_August_25_lancet

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