Kuala Lampur, Oct. 14 -- Every day, millions of Malaysians unwrap their lunches, sip bubble tea from plastic cups, wrappers that line the supermarket shelves and microwave meals in convenient plastic containers. But behind this everyday convenience lies an invisible danger that scientists say could already be harming our health.

While plastic packaging has made life more convenient, scientists are now warning that this convenience comes at a serious cost to human health. Studies show that Malaysia is one of the largest users of plastic packaging in Southeast Asia, with each person generating nearly 17kg of plastic waste annually. Much of this waste ends up mismanaged and are dumped in landfills, burned, or leaked into rivers and seas cre...