Presenter: Dr Mitchell Hickson, Physician - NSW Health
Facilitator: Dr Kate Wylie
Session Outline:
• Healthcare and its reliance on plastics
• The consequences of plastics on human health, including microplastics and endocrine disrupting chemicals
• The way forward from here
About the presenter:
Session Outline:
• Healthcare and its reliance on plastics
• The consequences of plastics on human health, including microplastics and endocrine disrupting chemicals
• The way forward from here
About the presenter:
Dr Hickson is a physician working in Western Sydney. He has been a trainee doctor in a variety of specialties including emergency medicine, intensive care and most recently sexual health. He is now pursuing specialisation in public health. Has a keen interest in systems responses to health problems, in particular how our socio-economic system propagates health hazards and how it responds to these challenges.
Climate change, microplastics and endocrine disrupting chemicals are a direct consequence of this area of interest.
Currently chairs the Plastic and Waste Pollution Special Interest Group for Doctors for the Environment Australia.
Climate change, microplastics and endocrine disrupting chemicals are a direct consequence of this area of interest.
Currently chairs the Plastic and Waste Pollution Special Interest Group for Doctors for the Environment Australia.
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When: July 22, 2026 7:30pm - 8:30pm