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How much plastic are we ingesting?
Summary
This article examines the challenge of measuring human microplastic ingestion, noting that while preliminary figures exist, researchers still lack precise knowledge of daily intake levels and the full health consequences of consuming plastic particles.
Measuring microplastics in humans is challenging but researchers already have preliminary figures. Plastic waste is increasingly engulfing everything on the planet from ecosystems to people but we don’t have adequate knowledge of its full ill effects. We do not know exactly how many microplastics humans are ingesting daily and what are the possible consequences. To […]
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