Microplastics have been reported in human blood and numerous tissues, adding an unsettling new dimension to the world's plastic pollution problem. Microplastics are small enough to travel where plastic was never meant to go Microplastics are generally defined as plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters.
Microplastics have been reported in human blood and numerous tissues, adding an unsettling new dimension to the world's plastic pollution problem.
Microplastics are small enough to travel where plastic was never meant to go Microplastics are generally defined as plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters.
A recent systematic review of microplastics and human health noted that particles have been detected in human biological samples and that ingestion and inhalation appear to […] The post <a...
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Microplastics have been reported in human blood and numerous tissues, adding an unsettling new dimension to the world's plastic pollution problem. Microplastics are small enough to travel where plastic was never meant to go Microplastics are generally defined as plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters. Exposure to microplastics appears to be widespread, but exposure and harm are not the same thing.
What is all that plastic actually doing to us? The answer is simultaneously concerning and frustratingly incomplete. Humans can encounter them through food, water and air.
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