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Human Health Effects
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Study links microplastics with human health problems – but there’s still a lot we don’t know
2024
Mark Patrick Taylor,
Scott P. Wilson
Summary
Researchers highlight a study linking microplastic exposure to human health problems, noting that plastics from everyday products like packaging, clothing, and toys shed particles that accumulate in the body, while emphasizing that significant scientific uncertainty remains about the nature and severity of health effects.
Microplastics are created when everyday products – including clothes, food and beverage packaging, home furnishings, plastic bags, toys and toiletries – degrade.